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When This High School Student Lost Her Part-Time Jobs, She Started Helping Others

Alex Cannon of Bedford, New Hampshire was a high school senior holding down two part-time jobs. Then came the outbreak. First, Alexas pet-sitting business fizzled because who needs a pet-sitter when no one is leaving the house? And then, when all events were canceled, her job doing events for a local radio station fizzled as

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They’re Not Supposed To Be Here Right Now, But This Is What I Love About Having My Children Home

My college student came home for the summer in the usual way: with the contents of her dorm roomfrom mini fridge to shower brushcrammed into every available space in her hand-me-down sedan and our small SUV.  But she did not come at the usual time or for the usual reason. She came home for the

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Coronaspeak, A Guide to the Language We Are All Using These Days

Coronaspeak is the new language we are all using these days and some new words and phrases have crept into our former vocabulary. Let us help you figure out what people are talking about. 14 words that have entered our everyday conversations Coronacation (noun)-What you may be doing right now-staying home because Coronavirus cancelled everything

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The Kindest Thing Anyone Has Ever Done

Last spring, my husband planned to turn his workshop into a craft room for my12 year-old daughter. My husbands cancer worsened and he died in the fall so he wasnt able to do it. Two friends stepped in and made it happen. They hired contractors, ordered furniture/storage and worked with my daughter on colors/design. Sometimes

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This Family Living With Me Now Is a Different Family

A month ago, my husband and I were bracing ourselves to become empty nesters this fall when our youngest is set to begin college. But to quote the perfectly timed reminder delivered by our middle child when I smashed my car into our garage: Life comes at you fast. And it certainly has. Thanks to

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Why We Moms Are Awake in the Middle of the Night Together

I saw a post on social media the other day asking moms of older kids if theyre getting lots of extra sleep during the great stay-at-home when everything is cancelled. In a word: NO.  It is true that most of us dont have infants or toddlers getting us up at night, needing a feeding or

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This May Change Our Lives Forever and That Might Be a Good Thing

What if this never ends? I dont mean the stay at home orders. I know that someday we will go back to work. Schools will resume. We will meet friends for dinner and make appointments for haircuts. I know we wont all stay in our houses forever. And honestly, I cant wait. I cant wait

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Gracie Wins Prom

What do you do if you have a gorgeous blue prom dress, the kind of dress you bought for that special once-in-a-lifetime night, but it is not to be? Well, if you are Gracie Allen, you bring joy, and the stunning blue dress, to your neighbors. When Grown and Flown asked Gracie where she got

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This High School Senior, in Her Prom Dress Made Her Neighborhood Smile

What do you do if you have a gorgeous blue prom dress, the kind of dress you bought for that special once-in-a-lifetime night, but it is not to be? Well, if you are Gracie Allen, you bring joy, and the stunning blue dress, to your neighbors. When Grown and Flown asked Gracie where she got

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The Truth Is That They Are All of Our Seniors

Sadly high school seniors all over the country, actually all over the world, are missing out on so much this year, prom, senior skip day and the culmination of it all, the grand finale, graduation. School districts everywhere are trying to do something to let their seniors know that they care about them and that

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