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  • Becoming My Mother: A Tribute to My Mom

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    I have always joked that I share the other half of my mother’s brain. If we are out together and she is searching for the right word, I can supply it. If she forgets what’s on her schedule for next week, I can remind her. In my few years of adulthood, I have realized the…

  • My Top 4 Pregnancy Products

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    I will be celebrating my first official Mother’s Day this Sunday. I was about 8 months pregnant last year at this time. So to commemorate my first year as a mom I wanted to share my favorite  pregnancy products. 1. Boppy Pregnancy Pillow Somewhere around the second trimester the doctor tells you that you can…

  • Appreciation for Teachers… and Others

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    This week was Teacher Appreciation Week and in my four years of teaching I have gained an extreme appreciation for those in the teaching profession. If you are a teacher you are familiar with all of the different professional who make a school successful. So I thought I would write this tribute to the amazing…

  • Powerless: Trials of Teaching

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    Have you ever felt powerless? Totally and completely unable to do anything that could possibly make a difference to your current situation? Wanting so much to make changes, but having no idea where to start or if it would even make a difference? This describes my fourth year of teaching. I spent the majority of…

  • Opposites Attract: 3 Things Beneficial in Marriage

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    Those who know my husband and I or who have spoken to both of us for any length of time knows that we are complete opposites.  I’m a mathematician, he’s a musician. I’m structured and logical, he’s laid back and goes with the flow. I’m an introvert, he’s an extrovert. But despite the fact that…

  • Trusting God for the Open Window

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    Many of us have heard the saying “when God closes a door, he always opens a window.” It is a nice catchy little saying; a platitude to be spoken when something doesn’t go the way you had planned or hoped. It never really meant all that much to me until now. While we were on…

  • How I Got a Car Seat for Free! And a Review of the Graco Extend2Fit Convertible Car Seat

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    A couple of weeks ago my husband and I decided that Baby Girl needed to transition from her infant car seat to a convertible. I remembered that I had money in my TopCashback account and it turned out that I had enough to purchase the seat. So how does this work? Well, first you go…

  • Four Ways to Have the Most Enjoyable and Productive Spring Break

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    As a teacher, spring break is a highly anticipated and much awaited time of year. I know most of us spend the time after New Year’s counting down the days and weeks until we have another break from the daily grind. For me, though, I always have thoughts of the things that I would like…

  • Honoring Your Husband

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    I write this post as my husband and I are in the midst of making a decision about something that, while not huge or life changing, is significant in the fact of what it means to each of us. When the topic was originally brought up my first response was an absolute NO! As the…

  • Go and Sin No More – A Message of Encouragement!

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    In 2017, I have committed to reading through the Bible in a year. To do that I am doing my best to listen to the Bible every day. One day’s reading included John 8:1-11 which details the story of a woman who was brought before Jesus after having been caught in the act of adultery.…