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Five things you must do with your kids this Christmas 12.20.11

by admin on December 20, 2011

The holidays are here, and that means kids out of school and lots of time to be shared between parents and children. Parenting can be difficult at any age, and relationships can be easily strained when the stress and hustle & bustle of the holidays are upon us. This Christmas season, there are five things you must do for [...]

Tagged as: children, motherhood, parenting, raising children

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Visit to Claire’s {Wordless Wednesday} 11.9.11

by admin on November 9, 2011

This is where I was last night… Have you been there before?

Tagged as: motherhood, parenting, raising children, Wordless Wednesday

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Five Lessons I Learned from Fishing

by admin on April 26, 2011

The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of that which is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope. -Anonymous When I was a young girl and would go with my family to visit my grandparents who lived in south Alabama, I would always beg my grandmother to take me [...]

Tagged as: children, family, lessons, parenting

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Responsible Sport Parenting… A Casual Friday Recommendation

by admin on March 4, 2011

*On Casual Fridays, we make recommendations about books, websites, movies, etc. We would love to hear your Casual Friday recommendations, too. To continue with our theme of Sports as our StrongWord of the Month, today’s recommendation is for a website by Liberty Mutual. It’s called Responsible Sports. When you go to the website, you will [...]

Tagged as: athletics, casual friday, Inspiration, parenting, sports, teamwork

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I bet you’ve got an opinion on this!

by admin on February 28, 2011

Hello, all you StrongMother friends! March is knocking on the door… and we’ve chosen our Strong Word of the Month. photo credit Sports is our word for March. With many school tryouts taking place during the spring months and because Lisa and I have made a career life around athletics, we want to hear from you… your [...]

Tagged as: athletics, courage, family, Inspiration, motivation, parenting, resilience, sports, strong mothers, teamwork, values

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Whose Applause Matters?

by admin on February 8, 2011

Yesterday I had the opportunity to attend a Get Motivated Business Seminar. As a high school coach, teacher, former (and future) administrator, and current business owner, I knew that I would get a lot out of hearing from leaders such as Rick Belluzzo, Colin Powell, Laura Bush, and Coaches Nick Saban and Gene Chizik. (The irony [...]

Tagged as: motherhood, parenting, raising children

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15 Ways to Say “Good Job!”

by admin on January 27, 2011

1. Excellent! 2. I’m so proud of what you’ve done! 3. You’re very good at that! 4. I knew you could do it! 5. Outstanding! 6. Now you’ve got it figured out! 7. That was first class work! 8. That’s something to be proud of! 9. Terrific job! I’m impressed! 10. Good thinking! 11. That’s [...]

Tagged as: encouragement, motivation, parenting, raising children

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What Would the Pope Say?

by admin on January 18, 2011

“Remember that a person’s name is to that person the sweetest and most important sound in any language.” -Dale Carnegie Did you hear about the Pope’s declaration on baby names? Fox News has the story that quotes Pope Benedict XVI: “Naming children after perfumes, bicycles and countries is putting a limit on their potential. [...]

Tagged as: motherhood, parenting

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Lessons from the most committed Mother {Virgin Mary}

by admin on January 6, 2011

We are thrilled to welcome our first guest blogger of 2011. Denise Lewis has been married for 26 years. She and her husband have raised 3 beautiful girls. All three are currently in college(18 – University of South Alabama, 21 – University of North Alabama, & 24 – Mississippi State University). Denise is passionate about [...]

Tagged as: committed mother, motherhood, parent like the Virgin Mary, parenting, WOG

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Blog Round-Up {commitment}

by Nif on January 4, 2011

Blog Round-Up If we’re to teach our children to do what’s important, not just what feels good… …if we are to teach them the value of committing to a worthwhile endeavor because it’s worthwhile, not just because it’s easy or convenient… …if we’re to teach them to not be quitters in the game of [...]