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December 7, 2013
World TTTS Awareness Day – Twin to Twin Transfusion Syndrome (#TTTS)
World TTTS Awareness Day 2013 Another year has passed and I’m not sure all that much has changed. Babies are still dying at alarming rates and so many babies are being born prematurely, some with severe disabilities, due to Twin to Twin Transfusion Syndrome. It has high costs on our society – on families and […]
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December 3, 2013
Giving Tuesday
Today is Giving Tuesday You can help WaterAid double their contributions by making a donation today. A WaterAid supporter challenged WaterAid and all of its supporters to raise $50,000 by today, #GivingTuesday. If we make that goal, every penny of the $50,000 will be matched! I have written about WaterAid before and why I believe […]
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December 2, 2013
Life long impacts… { HerStories Launch}
… of good forever friends can never be underestimated. I write about one of my groups of forever friends in an essay publish in yet ANOTHER book. Yes friends, another book! So now we have Sunshine After the Storm, The Mother of All Meltdowns (currently on big time sale!) the free Gratitude Ebook, and now, […]
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November 28, 2013
Happy Thanksgiving – Big Sale on The Mother of All Meltdowns!!
So, as you know, I’ve been published in a few books lately. The Mother of All Meltdowns is a really great book, detailing real stories of real moms in their worst moments. None of us are perfect, and through these stories (some that will make you laugh, some will make you cry) 30 of […]
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November 26, 2013
Hide the Thanksgiving Turkey?
I had to laugh when I read the Dose Girls’ post today: Is That Turkey Disguised as Elton John? You see, my son had to do exactly the same project for school. The gist of it is, they were sent home with a drawing of a turkey, and they were to “disguise” it so that […]
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November 22, 2013
Are your children hungry? { Hunger and Homeless Awareness Week }
Our pre-school director informed us at the beginning of the school year that the school had taken on a new weekly service project. Each Thursday we would pick up 20 backpacks from the local coordinator and fill them with food to send home with children for the weekend. Without these backpacks, these children and […]
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November 19, 2013
World Toilet Day: #ThankYouToilet
Today is the First World Toilet Day. Admit it. You laughed when you saw the toilet and thought “what the heck??” Another odd DAY. World Toilet Day… really? I know when I saw the post on Another Jennifer (who keeps me informed on all of the important Social Good things happening.) I should have known […]
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November 17, 2013
November 17th – World Prematurity Day
World Prematurity Day Today we’ll be joining hundreds of thousands of people in making our voices heard about prematurity. If you’ve ever even had to spend ONE day in a NICU, you know it is not a fun place to be. Imagine spending 25 days there? Imagine EIGHT FOUR. That’s how long Tiny spent in […]
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November 15, 2013
Garcenia Cambogia: Miracle Weight Loss Solution??
It’s no surprise to anyone who knows me that I am continually battling with my weight. Up and down and all around. I blame part of it on a bum thyroid, a lot of it on a sedentary lifestyle (except when I’m training to run half marathons lol!) but mostly it is due to the […]
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November 12, 2013
The Thanksgiving Project – Join Scary Mommy and Give Back
In 2011, Jill Smokler, (more commonly know as Scary Mommy) wrote this blog post about the rough financial time some people in her community were having. Thanksgiving was not an option. A loaf of bread was even difficult for some. Out of this blog post, the Thanksgiving Project was born. Jill simply asked her community […]
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