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	Sunshine After the Storm: A Survival Guide for the Grieving Mother by Alexa Bigwarfe (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Regina Petsch (Contributor), Kathy Radigan (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.27 avg rating — 134 ratings — published 2013 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lose the Cape: Never Will I Ever by Alexa Bigwarfe (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Kerry Rivera (Editor), Julia Arnold (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.14 avg rating — 59 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lose the Cape: Realities from Busy Modern Moms and Strategies to Survive by Alexa Bigwarfe (Goodreads Author), Kerry Rivera 4.40 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ditch the Fear and Just Write It!: The No-Excuses Power Plan to Write Your First Book 3.94 avg rating — 18 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lose the Cape: Ain't Nothing but a Teen Thang by Alexa Bigwarfe (Goodreads Author), Kerry Rivera, Christina Surretsky (Goodreads Author) 4.75 avg rating — 12 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ditch the Fear! and Just Market It!: The 90-Day Power Plan to Establish the Book Marketing Foundation for New and Intermediate Authors 4.11 avg rating — 9 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lose the Cape: The Mom's Guide to Becoming Socially & Politically Engaged by Alexa Bigwarfe (Goodreads Author), Nancy Cavillones (Goodreads Author), Maria Dismondy (Goodreads Author) 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Never the Same: Families Forever Changed by Twin to Twin Transfusion Syndrome it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How to Support a Grieving Mother: Words to Say and Things to do for a Mother Who Has Lost Her Baby it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Simple and Fun Goal Setting Strategies for Busy Moms!: Think like a CEO and Get More Done it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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It can be difficult to know what to say when a baby dies. As we wrap up another October, which is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month, I think it’s important to share this post again. It’s been a long time since I wrote it, and it deserved a refresh. What To Say When a […]

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The Gratitude Diaries: How a Year Looking on the Bright Side Can Transform Your Life

by Janice Kaplan (Goodreads Author)

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Sandwich

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I had high hopes for this book. Really wanted practical advice on how to actually streamline my life. But I found that most of the experiments were actually quite time consuming and she wants you to learn how to track your cycle or the lunar cycle an ...more
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Alexa and 92 other people liked Diana's review of Do Less: The Unexpected Strategy for Women to Get More of What They Want in Work and Life: "I was so disappointed in this book. I am a busy, working mom and I liked the concept of the 14 experiments in doing less- I was hoping for some practical advice on how to simplify and streamline routines and habits to ease stress. There was a little " Read more of this review »
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It wasn’t bad… it kept me interested and the storyline was decent. But it wasn’t awesome either. Decent. I don’t regret reading it. But the first book was better.
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“Love those you hate you.”
― Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina

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“If you love me as you say you do,' she whispered, 'make it so that I am at peace.”
― Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina

tags: love, peace

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“I ask one thing: I ask the right to hope and suffer as I do now."
Vronsky”
― Leo Tolstoy, Ana Karenina

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“How lucky I am to have known somebody and something that saying goodbye to is so damned awful.”
― Evans G. Valens, The Other Side of the Mountain: The Story of Jill Kinmont

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