I used to be a volunteer junkie. When I was growing up, my parents didn't volunteer much. When they did, they didn't seem to like it. I did some volunteering in a children's hospital while in college, but that's about it. I didn't understand … [Read more...] about Confessions of a recovering volunteer junkie
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Big Dreams and Making Them Happen
I love serendipities, those things that come along just when you need them; the call to go to lunch when you need a friend, the unexpected financial windfall when you’re most desperate for money, an unexpected hug from one of your children when … [Read more...] about Big Dreams and Making Them Happen
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One of the areas of my life I hesitated writing about for years was my marriage. It isn’t because something's wrong with my marriage. On the contrary, I've been happily married for almost 25 years. I’m not bragging. Ok, maybe I am a little bit, but … [Read more...] about How to Stay Happily Married
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Every mom gets frustrated. Many moms get angry. We occasionally see news stories where moms go over the line and do horrible things to their children. It’s something we think we’ll never do, but it happens, and it almost happened to me. I don’t … [Read more...] about My Worst Parenting Moment
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This month I turned 55, and for the umpteenth time I saw a question that makes my skin crawl. In a blogging group I belong to, one of the women asked a successful mom blogger how she does it all. Having it all means different things to different … [Read more...] about Having it all, doing it all, balance and peace
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