September 24th, 2008
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By Cheryl St. Germain
Bathing suits are replaced with jeans, sun tan lotion is tossed aside until next year, and the kids are back in school. While many residents love this time of year with less people and beautiful sunsets, many moms and dads struggle with trying to get everything done in the day.
While working and managing households, many parents are juggling getting multiple children to after school activities – football, cheer leading, and band practice- and maintaining order in their households. Many moms get up at the crack of dawn to make breakfast, fix lunches, clean their house, then drive their children to their friend’s houses, only to start it all over again the next day.
Continue reading ‘Help for Soccer Moms’
September 21st, 2008
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By Amanda Bennett
Everybody needs a few minutes a day to relax and decompress. ESPECIALLY a stay at home parent. It can some times be a little difficult to make time or even remember to make time for yourself each day, but you must find a way!!! Weather it’s reading the morning paper while sipping a cup of coffee, retail therapy, a long afternoon stroll(while the kids are in school) or taking a candle lit bubble bath at the end of the night!! Being a Parent is sometimes a pretty thank less job, so it’s up to you to thank yourself.
Continue reading ‘Take Time Out For YOU’
September 18th, 2008
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By Kristyn Levis
For those not in the know, I’ve been knocked up. But it’s okay since it’s by my husband.
This situation opens a whole new level of experience for me in Australia. Being on your own in a foreign country brings out so many issues you never thought off before.
My husband’s family doesn’t live in Sydney, and mine is obviously all the way in Cagayan de Oro. That makes us basically alone in this city down under.
Continue reading ‘Being Pregnant Down Under’
September 15th, 2008
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By Martha Copeland
Let me direct your thoughts to this scenario. Six months ago you were in a hospital for 18 hours, in pain and feeling typically horrible. After 4-8 weeks your pain finally is gone, but there’s a new problem… you’re completely incapable of sleeping a full night. Four months later, you are finally getting a solid night of sleep, it feels amazing, but don’t think you’re out of the woods just yet. Now you are diligently trying to safeguard your home, one slip up could be disastrous. While it may not sound like it THIS is the time of your life. The investment of time and money is more than anything else you will do with you life, however, the return is so much greater! You have the privilege every morning to look upon an angel’s sleeping face, and smell the sweetest fragrance. When you hold said baby in your arms you know that you’d do it all over again; pregnancy, labor, sleepless nights, just for one more second with your beautiful child.
Continue reading ‘The Time of Your Life, Don’t Be Overwhelmed’
September 12th, 2008
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By April Williams
Last night one if my ten year old twins told me that he noticed a new number when he was going through my cell phone. I stood there in shock and dread hit me like a cannonball in the gut. I realized that I am raising my children to think that it’s normal for a mother not to have an “opposite sex relationship” outside of being a good mother. His tone and demeanor suggested that I was in trouble for having a male name in my phone. Where is the boundary between mothering and answering to that inner woman? Why is it that some of us feel like we are bad mothers for wanting to date sometimes? I asked a few parents and the response I got was encouraging and fair. There has to be an understanding with children that they are always first and will continue to be, but mom or dad will have to have time for other adults.
Continue reading ‘The Big Balance’
September 10th, 2008
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By MaryAnn Feudale
Just recently I have joined the ranks of the “empty nesters”. My daughter moved out this past April, and that was because of the birth of her daughter. I found out that my daughter was pregnant last August, and though it is a time of joy, it became a source of a lot of harsh words, blame throwing, and tantrums, all on my end.
Continue reading ‘Empty Nester’
September 10th, 2008
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By Debbie Cluff
I was reading a recent post on twitter which said a SAHM wanting to be a WAHM. I thought those were the strangest acronyms and quickly googled them to see what they meant. I guess SAHM means “Stay at Home Mom” and WAHM is a “Work at Home Mom”. Having just gone through the program created on www.powerstrategies.tv I have now have officially become a WAHM. Amazing that finding one program, a program that actually supports being a WAHM and will discount their program because they see value in who I am, can change my life. I know you have heard this a million times, but Kim Power Stilson is the real thing and she really wants Women, Small Businesses, and Stay at Home Parents to become successful and accomplish their dreams. So about the business I have…
Continue reading ‘How To …’
August 5th, 2008
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Whether you’ve been married for one or ten years – or if you’re about to be married – how the heck do you score points with your mother in law? Continue reading ‘Wanna Tame Your Mother-in-Law?’
July 19th, 2008
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December 14th, 2007
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