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Everyday Life

The Thank You Game

Posted in Everyday Life, Holidays on October 2, 2019 by Shelley Pulliam I remember traveling across the country in the back of my dad’s white Ford Cougar during our summer

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Holidays

Mother’s Day Boot Camp

I’m not a fussy mom when it comes to holidays, but many moms feel they shouldn’t have to ask their kids to remember Mother’s Day or remind their children to

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Holidays

The Pink Corsage I Disliked

Nobody wants to be negative on Mother’s Day. After all, it’s a day of celebrating being a mom and letting the kids dote on you. (Well, maybe they

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Emotions

I Vote to Ditch Valentine’s Day

I vote we change the February 14th holiday. How many of you are in favor of scratching this day off the calendar? No more red hearts and overpriced chocolates blanketing

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Emotions

If Your Holiday Was Not Wonderful

Culture paints a lovely, fairytale-like picture of the holiday season, doesn’t it?  Children dressed in matching outfits, sipping hot chocolate by a fire, opening a mountain of gifts

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Holidays

Reflections of Christmas

It’s Christmas morning. Hopefully, you’re wrapped in a blanket sipping coffee and enjoying the spirit that only this season can bring. But in reality, you may be in the middle

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Holidays

More Than a Baby in a Manger

Do you ever look back at certain pictures of when your children were little that evoke an emotional remembrance? This picture does that for me. It was in

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