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the love song i won’t ever write

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Sometimes I want to be a cool mom, so I listen to pop radio. Some of it's not that bad and I kind of View Post

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Encouragement for stressed moms: Mommy Advice Contest Winners!

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You know the feeling you get when you realize, wow, they DO make chocolate covered rice crispy View Post

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Mommy Advice Contest!

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I have LOVED the first year of Sam's life. I was warned, and they were right. You start looking at View Post

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i heart quotes

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Today I got the privilege of observing my friend Rachel in her A.P. Literature class. My grad class View Post

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things I want to write down or else I’ll forget

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1. You have the fattest, most beautiful little bouncy tippy-toe legs and toes I've ever seen.2. Your View Post

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In Defense of Calvinism

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I have a pair of roller blades in the back of my car. I think the last time I used them, George W View Post

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Ava and suffering

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Most of you in my world have probably heard by now about Ava, a four-year-old little girl who has View Post

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Money Saving Tips

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Every time I pray, I can't help but give thanks for being able to stay home with my little Sam. I View Post

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Changes

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My life has changed quite a bit in the last two weeks.People used to say, "Don't be in a hurry for View Post

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It’s official…

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I'm a mom. a woman. a grown-up. here's how I know.- I lather on hand lotion religiously, trying to View Post

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I am an Israelite

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Update on our resolution. Many, many thanks to Melissa Gibbs and her invitation to read through the View Post

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Perspective.

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First, a story. Sam now hates his bouncy seat. I don't know how it happened, but the place that for View Post

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Stay eight and a half months old forever.

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Never grow up. Always laugh hysterically at the vacuum, the word "doggie" and your daddy going down View Post

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Today I Am Thankful…

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- for long naps (his, not mine)- for summer in winter- for the ability to run, even if after nine View Post

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The New Todd

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I think it started when I asked him what he ate for breakfast. "A pack of crackers and a coke" was View Post

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It’s hard work!

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I remember hearing the name "M.O.P.S" in my childhood, and two things always struck me. First, what View Post

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A Resolution

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I think I'll really do it this time. My friend Melissa, whom I know from Young Life, is challenging View Post

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On Marriage.

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For much of my adolescence/early adulthood I had an unhealthy obsession with "finding a mate." Not View Post

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Mommy and Me…thanks Jenny

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I wish I wasn't making that face. What's up with that? View Post

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The White Flag

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The first week Sam was born someone gave us a present. I can't remember the gift or the giver, but I View Post

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Christmas Time

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I Love…

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I love- the high-pitched squeal of delight you give when you jump in the jumpy chair for the first View Post

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I’ve got the soy soy soy soy down in my heart

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For those of you who have been sitting on pins and needles wondering how the story "Sam and the View Post

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My One True Love

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I have a crush. A big one. (It's okay, my husband knows.) I am passionately in love. . . with Harris View Post

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You in Target…

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You. You in Target last Saturday with your workout capris and your frappachino. You annoy me. I'm View Post

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To Pop-Pop

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Thank you...for remembering the things that went on in our livesfor laughing genuinely at all my View Post

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Help Wanted

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I heard recently that tanning beds rival cigarettes in the cancer-causing category. Darn it. View Post

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To Brad, and the rest of you

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I think the world of Brad Paisley, and he will never know. He will never know how I respect that he View Post

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Hi! I’m Jessica. Former English teacher turned homeschooling mom of three. ESTJ. iPhone addict (in recovery). Anxiety overcomer. Allergy mom (only slightly neurotic). Loved by God, and wife to Mr. Fix Anything. I run a mean 12-minute mile and can make just about anything dairy free. I’m glad you’re here! Read More >>>
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