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August 4, 2015
Get ready for boob fest – it’s World Breastfeeding Week
World Breastfeeding Week In August 2013, I wrote a post about breastfeeding for the site Mommifried. I’m sharing it here today in honor of World Breastfeeding Week. The Truth About Breastfeeding, originally posted on Mommifried. As we launch into World Breastfeeding Week, expect the Internet and social media sites to befilled with images of mothers […]
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August 3, 2015
When She Cries
I recently took a trip to France to visit my best friend. I used to go to school in this area of France, and I still have several friends in the area. Just by chance, our dear friend S, (who actually moved to Canada several years ago) was home visiting during the same time frame, […]
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July 31, 2015
The Terrible, No Good, Rotten First Day of Kindergarten
It’s about time for school to start again, and I’m reminiscent of my son’s first very-bad-day of Kindergarten. The Terrible, No Good Rotten first day of Kindergarten. He never wanted to go back… thankfully that changed eventually. Jelly Bean, the five-year-old, starts Kindergarten this year. Here’s hoping I don’t have to write another post! Here’s […]
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Riquewehr, France – along the wine route in France
Wine Route in France… Beautiful sights and buildings from a town called Riquewehr, France – along the Route du Vin in the Alsace region of France.
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July 30, 2015
Sometimes it’s easier to care about a lion #JusticeForCecil
#JusticeForCecil If you haven’t seen the Facebook posts about Cecil, the 13 year-old lion allegedly killed by a dentist from the United States, either you’re lucky enough to not be entrenchedin social media, or you haven’t been looking. I saw two trends. The first was a broad sharing of the posts about this lion’s tragic […]
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July 28, 2015
Maternal health at #BlogHer15
I was thrilled to see that the topic of Maternal Health as a panel session. I wasn’t able to attend, but I want to share what was covered at Blogher15. Because it is such an amazingly important topic. Every mother deserves to have the moment I had with my daughter in the above picture. Yet, […]
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July 24, 2015
Fat kids make me sad – Obesity Prevention in Children
Trust me, I get it. For those of us who are prone to be overweight, it is really, really tough to slim down or stay trim in the first place. I guess that’s what upsets me so much when I see overweight children. I’m not talking about pudgy kids. Lots of kids are pudgy and […]
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Obesity Prevention in Children
Trust me, I get it. For those of us who are prone to be overweight, it is really, really tough to slim down or stay trim in the first place. I guess that’s what upsets me so much when I see overweight children. I’m not talking about pudgy kids. Lots of kids are pudgy and […]
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July 22, 2015
My Princess in a REAL castle
Our trip to France is sadly coming to an end. What an amazing adventure it has been. I have been unplugged 90% of the time and that has been simply magical. You know what else is magical? A castlw. This is le Haut Konigsburg – a very old castle in the Alsace region of France.
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July 20, 2015
Sunday afternoon in Alsace
My daughter and I are visiting my best friend, who lives in France. She is in Alsace, the French department on the border of Germany and Switzerland. It’s also wine country. And absolutely beautiful. I spent my junior year of college in the university here in the city of Mulhouse. Several of my friends are […]
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