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5 Ways to Be a Great Mother-In-Law

How do you like being a mother-in-law? Is it everything you dreamed it would be? Does your son call and visit as often as you would like?

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Tue, January 31 2012 » Random » No Comments

Respect Your Mother – Part 1 – The Early Years

No matter what day of the year, whether it is a holiday, a birthday or just a day where you wake up and can actually remember what you did the night before and recognize where you are, you should always honor and respect your mother, especially if she is a Jersey Girl. You do realize that Bruce sings that song specifically to her at his concerts, don’t you?

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Tue, January 24 2012 » Random » No Comments

A Reflection on Motherland

I’m just a little over three years into the motherhood gig and I’m still learning on the job everyday and working the kinks out as they come up…and there are a lot of kinks…some of it you expect and some stuff falls under the ‘boggles the mind’ category. You’re always looking for answers in Motherland but you don’t necessarily find them or at least the ones that provide the quick fix that at times you are so desperate to find. It’s a lot about improvisation and fly by the seat of your pants methodology.

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Tue, January 17 2012 » Random » No Comments

3 Things My Children Taught Me

Sometimes we get so busy as parents teaching our children all of life’s lessons that we think they ought to know that we forget to listen to the lessons they have for us. This article is about the three most important things my six children have taught me over the past twenty-two years.

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Tue, January 10 2012 » Random » No Comments