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Test Anxiety is REAL

Test Anxiety is REAL

It is that dreaded finals time. A time when students cram as much into their brains and regurgitate it back out for professors. Every school had a methodology and every professor have their own pat...

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Goodbye Boyfriend!

Goodbye Boyfriend!

My daughter has her first heart break and it was HARD! I decided I should not share too much of her story because it is her story- but I will say the experience forced her to examine herself and le...

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Happy Mother’s Day!

Happy Mother’s Day!

So I truly had a lovely Mother’s Day. Graduation season is here and I had plans to head to Miami to celebrate a family friend’s son who graduated from law school. However, motherhood always comes w...

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Bear Hunting!

Bear Hunting!

Now that my older daughter is OLDER I find myself in this strange position. I am still her mother and she is still my daughter BUT I recognize she is an adult. (And I know she is reading this and p...

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Self Care

Self Care

I believe in self-care. It is the only way to take care of others. Recently, our pastor shared a message about this. I had never heard it in this manner because I had not focused on the importance ...

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I guess I have a new friend

I guess I have a new friend

So even though I did not ask for it, I guess I have a new friend! I cannot believe it but our daughter’s Special Needs dog, Milo is turning five. Milo has been an incredible dog He is sensitive He ...

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Much Need Break

Much Need Break

Strange to say this but my husband reminded me how much parents with child on the spectrum need breaks. My husband met a couple on a work trip and they shared that this was the first trip away from...

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