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November 2, 2014
November is Prematurity Awareness Month
It’s November and officially Prematurity Awareness Month. November 17th is World Prematurity Awareness Day, and I’ll be officially launching my 2015 fundraising efforts on that day. You’ve been warned! Prematurity is still a major problem in the United States. On average, 1 in 8 babies is born too soon. Our government spends 26 billion USD […]
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November 1, 2014
Time for NANOWRIMO!
NaNoWriMo Writers – it’s November 1st! That means NaNoWriMo has begun! Nano what? NaNoWriMo – National Novel Writing Month! It’s your chance to commit to sitting down and spewing out 50,000 words. Don’t worry about editing or perfection (that comes later!) – just WRITE. I wrote my first novel (which is still in the editing […]
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October 31, 2014
Shatter Point {Novel Publicity Blog Tour}
My favorite books are definitely suspense, thriller, and even horror. My favorite authors include James Patterson, Patricia Cornwell,Stephen King, and Dean Koontz… to name a few. I love getting lost in the mystery. I love the way my heart rushes from suspense. I just love reading. So, it is so fitting that I get to […]
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October 30, 2014
Spooky Fast Crockpot Chili {5 Minute Meals}
For busy days like Halloween of course – I really like to have a meal that is so quick and thoughtless. Because dinner time will be crazy. This is one of my favorite 5 minute meals: Crockpot Chili Spooky Fast Crockpot Chili {5 Minute Meals} Print Prep time 5 mins Cook time 4 […]
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Resources for Grieving Mothers
Pregnancy and infant loss awareness month is drawing to a close. I feel badly, because it was my intent to write more frequently, to give more encouragement, and to share more resources for grieving mothers. But this month was full of LIFE. That, I suppose, is the best piece of encouragement I can give to […]
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October 24, 2014
THIS CLOSE to ending Polio! #WorldPolioDay
Today is World Polio Day Yo! Do you realize just HOW CLOSE we are to eradicating Polio? THIS CLOSE! And do you know who was responsible for developing the vaccine? The March of DIMES of course! Today is World Polio Day. We are celebrating all that the UN has done and continues doing, to protect […]
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October 23, 2014
Hand and foot and mouth… oh my!
This week has been miserable. Mostly for the children, because they’ve had the illness. Hand, foot, and mouth disease, that is. But it’s been miserable for mama too. Because when kids are unhappy, no one is happy. And when children don’t sleep, mom and dad don’t sleep. The worst night of it, poor Tiny was […]
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October 19, 2014
Big sale on #MOAM today only
Download your copy of The Mother of All Meltdowns, the book I co-authored along with twenty-nine fellow bloggers, for just $0.99 – TODAY ONLY. We’re celebrating our one year anniversary with a big sale! That’s less than the Starbucks you’re currently sipping, and it would sure make this lady (and 29 other ladies) very happy! […]
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October 18, 2014
11 Years
11 Years Ago Today, JD and I tied the knot. We have had our ups and downs. We have moved around the globe together, had four babies together, suffered the loss of our daughter Kathryn. We have laughed, we have cried, we have fought. Love is a battlefield friends. But so far, we’re winning. (At […]
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October 16, 2014
#Inequality – the focus of BlogAction14
Last year, my dear friend Jennifer at Another Jennifer introduced me to Blog Action Day 2013. The topic last year was Human Rights. Both of us are participating again this year, along with hundreds of bloggers around the world. This year for BlogAction14 we are talking about Inequality. Inequality is something we discuss regularly in […]
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