It was a sad day when they announced the TLC show Toddlers In Tiara would be cancelled. Many wannabees were crushed to miss their opportunity to show their hard work on TV. They can still work the pageant circuit, but will they ever be famous now? We have seen the ads, heck, maybe we’ve......
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When our youngest, Shaggy, was seven I was volunteering in his classroom often. I came in to read with the kids three mornings a week. Once a month I would read a book to the whole class because I was apparently really good at it and I was requested. Don’t all the reading mum’s......
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Mindfulness is a thing. You see the benefits of it touted absolutely everywhere. In fact, our family has been trying to meditate together every night. I’d say we are about 60% successful. Of that 60%, 90% of the time I am meditating, I am thinking instead. I know I am supposed to meditate away......
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If you would like to play along, get your pen an paper ready. This week’s prompt… Taxes. You have 15 minutes–go! Age and Taxes There was a time in my life that I could calculate the taxes on a meal and the tip without fingers, toes or even, gasp, a handheld device. That time......
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I officiated for my cousin’s wedding. I am not ordained, nor am I registered to be an officiant. Instead, I told the happy couple I would like to officiate their wedding without taking any of the rules and regulations into account. The mother-of-the-bride (my aunt) told me of her daughter’s hesitation with all the......
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