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Friendship Squares
Photo Credit:Creativity+ Timothy K Hamilton via photopincc For my next big birthday (we won’t talk about which number it will be), I always thought it would be super fun to have a huge party. And not...
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Is this what you were waiting for? #Ferguson
photo credit: therese flanagan via photopin cc I have so many posts drafted about the events in Ferguson, Missouri, but I have refrained from publishing any of them. I felt everything had already had...
View Article2014: All the stuff I never told you
In our house, the year 2014 came and went in a blur of giggles, antics, and shenanigans. And I have the gray hairs to prove it. The fact that my blogging was a bit lackluster, especially toward the end...
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Give: My #2015themeword
December 30, 2014 was a cold day. It wasn’t snowing or below freezing – it wasn’t Michigan cold!– but by California standards, it was cold and windy. As the gusts reached 45 mph, I shoved my hands into...
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Being an Entrepreneurial Mom - #MUMZYmoms
I’ve been on work release from baby jail for almost five months now. Having a break from the kiddos a couple days a week is good for all of us. And now that I have Google Play, I like being stuck in...
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Marvel Universe LIVE! … and Thor
This may come as a shock to you, but I actually like the Marvel movies. Yes, really! I especially like all the X-Men movies. I know, just when you thought I couldn’t get any cooler. So when I was...
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Capturing Moments: For the Hubs
As the often self-appointed family historians, moms usually find themselves behind the camera, capturing moments in time. Some of these moments seem insignificant – just the kids at the beach again or...
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The Unimaginable: Losing a Child to Cancer
I have had exactly two pregnancies, and I have exactly two children who are four and one-and-a-half years old. I’ve never experienced a miscarriage or the loss of a child. I am one of the fortunate...
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Stitch Fix, Are You Drunk?
I love it when that little square Stitch Fix box arrives on my porch. I just received my third shipment, and it’s already become a bit of an addiction. So far, I’ve kept two of the five items in each...
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10 Reasons I’m a Bad Mom (but not really)
(but not really)I’ve never been called a bad mom to my face, but it’s been not-so-subtly insinuated. I hear the things moms are publically shamed for doing, and I often think, “Yeah, so? I do that,...
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The Comfort of Routine
It usually starts about 5:45 a.m. Hubs and I stare at the baby monitor and silently will Reid to go back to sleep. He almost always does, but sometimes he waits until one of his parents has shrugged on...
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Reset
Sometimes your system just starts slowing down. You may not notice it at first, but then one day it occurs to you that that circle, which is supposed to be a cursor, suspiciously spins a lot longer...
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So This is Kindergarten
I held him in my arms, his tiny body curled up on my chest, his ear on my familiar heartbeat. Born three weeks early, Quinn weighed just six pounds, but he never went to the NICU. He was strong; small...
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Ten Things I'm Old Enough to Still Give a F**k About
Disclaimer: This post contains way more curse words than my posts usually contain, and in this case, most of those curse words are the F-word. Basically, if you’re faint of heart, a die-hard Trump...
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America, are we being Punk'd?
Like many of us, I watched the #PresidentialDebate last night. All 90 minutes of it. I kept waiting for it to happen. Perched on the edge of my seat… waiting. I was ready to jump up and joyously fist...
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When the American Presidential Election Collides With Rape Culture
As if this election wasn't already wrought with issues of gender, misogyny, feminism, and the patriarchy, the nation is finally starting to talk about the sexual assault allegations against Donald...
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America's Sad Year
If you know me at all, you know I love the fall season. I mean LOVE it. I love the colors and smells; the boots, sweaters and scarves. Oh, and Halloween? Halloween is my jam, ya'll! I shamelessly use...
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Strong Women Are Not Likable
Crooked Hillary. Killary. Emails. She's not likable. And that's it. That's all Trumpsters can come up with. Through a bunch of bulls**t investigations, it's been confirmed that Hillary Clinton is...
View ArticleGoing Forward
There's so much to say right now, but there are no words. I wasn't prepared to write this.I live in the liberal bubble of California, surrounded by people of all races, religions, cultures, and walks...
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#ShowMeYourKindness
I had planned on publishing this post tomorrow. Then again, I had also planned on Hillary winning the election, so this is going live a day early.First, I just want to say that as a woman, I am scared...
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Influencing the Electoral College and a Sample Letter - Beyond the Safety...
In Part 1 of my #BeyondTheSafetyPin series, I listed several ways we can actively fight to keep America great. The most urgent of which is to plead with the electoral college NOT to vote for Trump on...
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This Aint Trump Country - Beyond the Safety Pin, Part 1
This is not defeat. I am not done fighting. I will not live in #TrumpCountry, and you won't either if we keep fighting together. Those of us who value kindness, love, and compassion above political...
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#MikeAndDJ Memes
If America's favorite bros, Barack and Joe, have their own side-splitting memes, the upcoming TP duo should have theirs, too, right? So I created some memes for them because I'm "trying to move on" and...
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Am I the only one who doesn't want 2016 to end?
Disclaimer: Although the f-word appears frequently in this post, it's actually not my 2017 theme word. Maybe next year. This is it. 2016 is finally over. Today is the last day. The year that gave us so...
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Recall Judge Aaron Persky: This is How Democracy Works
On June 5th, voters in Santa Clara County, California will decide whether to recall Judge Aaron Persky. I recently moved out of the area, and I'm so disappointed that I cannot vote on this issue....
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