If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!A couple of months ago, a friend of mine became pregnant after five years of hoping and praying. At the time, I was also a few months pregnant with my second child. Though we had been friends for several [...]
Tags: faith, friends, godparents
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According to a government report conducted by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention in the United States, around 3 out of every 4 women breastfeed their children. This is an all time high according to researchers who track this sort of thing. Some reasons for the increase include public awareness, changing perceptions [...]
Tags: bottle-feeding, breast feeding, breast milk, family, formula, friends, nursing, Opinions
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I have to warn you upfront that Twitter is hopelessly addictive. It’s one of those internet inventions that it’s hard to see the point of at first, but after using it for a while, you’ll be hooked.
Twitter is a social networking website. it’s like a personal mini-blog, but one that has extra neat features like [...]
Tags: blogging, friends, internet, Social Networking, Twitter
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New parents, if there is one thing I can tell you that I wish I would have known when I had a newborn in my arms it is this: People want to help you. Anyone who has ever had a baby knows how incredibly confusing, exhausting, and stressful it can be. Nobody expects [...]
Tags: assistance, exhausted, family, friends, help, newborn, overwhelmed, tired
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Today I stopped by a friend’s house unannounced to drop off a flyer for a church function. Actually, I didn’t think she was going to be there so I didn’t think it was a rude move since I would just slip the flyer under her door and call her later. It turns out [...]
Tags: cleaning, friends, guests, mess, priorities, SAHM, stay-at-home mom, WAHM, work at home mom
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If you’re anything like me, you probably spend some time perusing the various social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook. I’ve rekindled so many friendships using MySpace and I’ve found Facebook to be great for career contacts. In general, I find both sites to be pretty addictive and a lot of fun.
Guess what? [...]
Tags: facebook, friends, groups, myspace, Social Networking
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All a parent wants is for their child to be happy. When you see your child struggling with making friends in school, being bullied, a parent no doubt hurts for their child. Study after study shows that a child with a healthy self-esteem gets along better with their peers, is less likely to [...]
Tags: friends, martial arts, self-confidence, self-esteem
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