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Pants or no Pants..that is the ?
I know this post might cause some controversy. I want you to know that is not my intent. My intent is just to give you something to think about. Something to ask yourself and search your heart for the...
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Be Your Best Self in 2013
The calendar says April, the kids are counting down the days to summer vacation, and cute baby animals are springing up all over the place. After weeks {maybe months} of being in a funk with areas of...
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Prescription Drug Abuse Part 2
I do think that sometimes, for whatever reason, the pain and trials don’t seem to even out across the board. There are those that are faced with trials that seem more than any one person should bare....
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Pasta with Ham & Ricotta Recipe
Easter dinner included a beautiful spiral sliced ham, and with it came some wonderful leftovers. When using up those leftovers we tend to always do the same recipes over and over again. Stepping out of...
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Fall down seven times, stand up eight… STRENGTH
“Fall down seven times, stand up eight,” defines STRENGTH, in my eyes. The phrase probably seems too simple? But, I have thought about it and thought about it in preparation for this month’s Smitten...
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Our Life Stories
This week has been a doozie. I have cried. A lot. I have done a lot of thinking. I have felt angry and I have felt unbelievably sad. I have felt misunderstood and yet loved all at the same time. I...
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Prescription Drug Abuse Part 3
I grew up in a home that was happy. Parents that loved and spent time with their five children. I remember working outside with my dad and watching my mom spend hours sewing me big puffy *to die...
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Strengthen Families through Vacations!
When I think of the word “strength” I think of the things I need to strengthen. One that automatically comes to mind is strengthening the family. And, because I’m surrounded by travel /vacations...
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Homemade Pop Tarts Recipe!
In honor of my wonderful Hubs, and in celebration of our 10th anniversary today, I am sharing one of his favorite treats, home made Pop Tarts. I will be the first to admit, I love pop tarts!...
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The Smitten Club
I LOVE the name of this blog. Love it. Smitten By. The other day, I was reading posts and thinking about this month’s theme, Strength, and had a little epiphany about the name. Smitten has more...
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Prescription Drug Abuse Part 4
Before I begin sharing the next part of this story, I want you to know that Jon is very aware that I am sharing this story. He is in this with me, we are together…as *one* sharing OUR story. We...
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Prescription Drug Abuse Part 5
These Prescriptions medication posts that I have to write have been hanging over my head like an elephant tied to a string. I have wanted to share, but wait for the perfect opportunity to tell. I wait...
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Sorbet Recipe with Grapefruit
I keep thinking that Springtime weather is finally going to hit us, only to wake up every morning to continue feeling that crispness that is usually only in the autumn air. We are getting a bit stir...
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Strength doesn’t reside in having never been broken.
I am an infertility survivor. I am an adoptive mother. I am a hope advocate. But hope in what? What do we hope for? What do you hope for? For me, I think what it boils down to is hope that we will...
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Eating Disorder- The Beginning
Part #1 of my Eating Disorder Journey I was 12 when life as I knew it changed and little part of me died. At the time I don’t think it was physically possible to realize how much what had happened...
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Eating Disorder- Choices
Eating Disorder Part 2- Choices! That summer started out as a doozie. I fought and fought with myself over whether or not I should try out for the cheerleading squad. All my friends were but I was...
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Prescription Drug Abuse Part 6
After the near drowning incident we decided to go and get some help. We picked a doctor and went to share our problem with him. He was kind of a weird guy, but he helped us wade through some of the...
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Eating Disorder- Destructive Behaviors
Eating Disorder- Part 3 This is the part of the story where I engage in destructive behaviors and let ED into my head full force. As with the rest of the story up to this point I didn’t know about ED...
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Eating Disorder- Lost in Someone else’s Body.
Eating Disorder Part 4- Lost in Someone else’s body I have never been one to have a lot of friends- especially of the girl variety. I was never comfortable around a big group of girls so I had my...
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I am a Mother
Mother’s Day can be a dreadful one for those who have lost or long to have a child. For me, its just another reminder (as if there aren’t enough already) of the chubby cheeks I don’t get to kiss, the...
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