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Here’s my list of things I’ve learned during my 2 pregnancies and since the birth of my 2nd son, that I wish were in a book somewhere – believe me, I’ve read most of them… If you have a boy, they can wake up “happy” pretty much from birth, and they discover every [...]
There’s no way around it. We spent a lot of money on Christmas. I’m already getting the bills and I’m afraid to open them. The funny thing is that the gifts that were the biggest hits were the ones that didn’t cost much money, but that I put a lot of time and effort and [...]
I’ve mentioned before that we do not honor the tradition of Santa Claus within our home. Though I find the trend to be catching on more and more every year I’ve been berated, my children have been felt sorry for, we’ve been called “selfish” and “unfit” parents. I’m used to all of that though, I [...]
Twenty years ago, when Brianna, our daughter, was an adorable two year old, Eric – Lord and Master* – decided that Real Christmas Trees were environmentally unfriendly. Don’t ask me why, I have no idea where this brain fart came from! Brianna and I headed out to our local Caldor store, where one used to [...]
Let me start from the beginning. Have you ever heard of Hannah’s Socks? It is a pretty amazing story. On a chilly Thanksgiving Day in 2004, 4-year-old Hannah Turner was helping serve dinner to the needy at Toledo’s Cherry Street Mission. In the middle of the hustle and bustle of doing her part to fill [...]
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