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One Life One Legacy Shirts are the kind of Mother’s Day gift for a Mom who is interested in causes, philanthropy and real life heroes. For every shirt that is sold from One Life One Legacy, one is given away to a child in need. Plus each shirt creates a reminder for a special person [...]
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The earthquake in Chile was a magnitude of 8.8 and will cause tsunamis in Hawaii, New Zealand and Australia, among other places. I didn’t sleep well last night and heard about the earthquake live. I watched a bit of CNN and dreamed about it for the rest of the morning. When I awoke I again [...]
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Haiti has suffered another tragedy. The earthquake that was 7.0 on the Richter Scale also had about a dozen aftershocks. The aftershocks were just as bad as an earthquake. Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. I’ve been glued to CNN and watched in horror what was unfolding. I had to take a [...]
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Today we met our insurance deductible. The first day we visited one doctor for Samantha and whoosh it was done! She saw the allergist because she had to start a new vial for her allergy shots. Because we needed a new vial, we had to pay for that up front, for the doctor’s visit and [...]
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Happy New Year! It’s a new moon tonight and will be the start of a new decade. I wish all of you the best for you,your family and your loved ones! If you are into New Years Resolutions go for it! If not, that’s OK too. I’m in the latter group, but I will always [...]
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My heart aches for a women I only know through Twitter. Someone who sent me a few tweets about shopping at the Commissary. Someone who is a loving mother, a fellow blogger. Someone who lost her young son. Someone who is now being bashed on Twitter by people who have no dignity or or kindness [...]
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Self-Esteem is a highly charged phrase. Even more so when it comes to tween and teen girls. The Dove Self-Esteem Project is working to help raise girls’ self image through advertising, online tools, reports, and workshops with the Girls and Boys Club of America, Girls Inc. and the Girl Scouts of the USA. There are [...]
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A week away on the Big Island of Hawaii courtesy of a Twitter contest held by Marriott – a once in a lifetime dream, instead a week of learning life lessons and the meaning of No Worries, my quick recap: I won a 6 day, 5 night vacation to Hawaii for two from Marriott via [...]
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The phrase Dona Nobis Pacem means Grant us peace in Latin. Today is the annual Blog Blast for Peace run by the wonderful, kind and loving Mimi. She does this only for bloggers to share what “peace” means to them and to extend peace to everyone in the blogoshpere. It’s a huge goal, but one [...]
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Let us salute our heroes today. Most of us think of Memorial Day as a day off from work and school, a day to have a barbeque, see a parade, or go to the beach. But today my family takes time to pay our respects. We hang our flag and talk about the lost. Image [...]
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I have been so blessed with all of my children’s teachers. I’m not going to say that they all have been perfect, but who is? They have been fair, patient, and caring. Some are teachers who have that teaching gene. They were supposed to be in the classroom surrounded by children or teens, trying to [...]
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As some of you who read some of my blogs know, I am a proponent of stem cell research. I think since I have multiple chronic illnesses, including autoimmune diseases and these illnesses may pass onto my children or my grandchildren I want research available on many types of cures. There is currently research on [...]
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