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10 is a hard
My youngest child is ten years old. She is in 5th grade. This is such a weird time in a child’s life. In some schools, 5th grade is the highest it goes, the last of elementary school. In others, 5th grade starts middle school. These kids have crazy changes going on. Bodies are changing quickly Continue reading
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Tough Subject – TW – Sex Crimes involving children
I want to share this website. This is ugly and I can’t blame you if you don’t want to go forward. I am sharing because I saw someone posting about not leaving your children with people on Facebook. In addition, there is a ton of buzz around that movie out about trafficking. So, in case Continue reading
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A 30 Day Yoga Journey with Adriene
Today I am starting A 30 Day Yoga Journey with Adriene. I encourage anyone and everyone to start with me. If you aren’t familiar with Adriene, she is wonderful. She has a lovely Youtube Channel. Here is the link for info video and place to sign up if interested: https://youtu.be/LTdBUmHDA4s. Adriene has done a 30 Continue reading
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The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai
The Great Believers was my Pride Month read. It is a story told in two separate timelines, starting in 1985 and 2015. The story is about a group of gay men and their friends in Chicago during the AIDS epidemic. I knew this was going to be a heavy read. I did not expect though, Continue reading
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Paladin Pizza Puffs = Yummy!
Tonight we made a recipe from The Ultimate Gamers Cookbook and I assure you, it did not disappoint. The cookbook is written by Andy Lunique and all of the recipes are meant for Game Nights. It is a great cookbook and the recipe was delicious! Even cooler yet is that the author is a friend Continue reading
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Educated
Wow. This book was super interesting! The book is a memoir about a woman that grew up with a survivalist, antigovernmental family in the mountains of Idaho. These people were as off the grid as they could be. In addition, the family are devout Mormon and seem to have their own interpretations for what that Continue reading
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Real Time Capitalism
I am horrified and thus this submersible has become my hyper focus. I want to start by saying that I am not an expert, engineer, know how to build this stuff, or anything. This is my take. I am posting this is my blog with links and pictures and such. Also, I do understand there Continue reading
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To all the parents and children that were in my life
As a parent, there are many feelings that hit extremely hard, even when you are prepared for them. I was not prepared though for the feeling of mourning, loss, and sadness when I see “mom friends” and their growing children on Facebook, Instagram, etc. that are no longer a part of my life. Many of Continue reading
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Book Review and My Favorite Creators
One of the major reasons that I started sharing my thoughts and stories was because the sheer number of creators I have seen that have helped me so very profoundly. My first thought was to make a big list and post it somewhere and while that does put that list out there, I am not Continue reading