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It is that time of year again. Summer is drawing to a close and everyone is preparing for the annual return to school. We are school clothes shopping and preparing…
Without a Microwave and Loving It
While we are not fanatical, we try to ensure that the kids (and us) take advantage of any minor changes in lifestyle and diet that we can to help promote…
Cancer Does Not Discriminate
There is one thing in this world that really does not discriminate. It doesn’t matter what race, size, religion, or family you come from, cancer eventually affects everyone alive someway,…
Personal Improvement
I think self improvement is a very important part of our lives. Self improvement can mean a lot of different things to different people. When I think of self improvement,…
Leveling the Playing Field with MomPower
I have been both a stay at home mom and a corporate exec with kids. Each role had its advantages: I loved staying at home with my kids, being a…
Stress Balanced by Father Role as Mother Hen
My husband, Dave, is a mother hen. Well, perhaps he would prefer the term father rooster. In any case, he and I have very different ways of managing parenting stress. When…
Happy 4th of July!
Any holiday is a reason for celebration at our house, but the July 4th holiday has special meaning to our family. We have several family members who have served…
Creating a Balance in Life
Leading a balanced life is not the easiest thing in the world to accomplish. We place so many demands on ourselves these days between our homes, families, children, activities, and…
Live in the Moment
Living in the moment, is for myself, a conscious decision that I have to make on a daily basis, if not an almost hourly basis. It is in my nature…
Moms Many Jobs
Moms are used to juggling many different jobs. We work full time, part time, in the house, out of the house, laundry, dishes, taxi service, house cleaning, and just about…
Single, Working Mom
It can be quite a challenge to find a balance between work and family and even more difficult when you are doing it as a single mom. I was a…
Dealing With Job Loss
Dealing with the loss of a job can be overwhelming to a marriage and family. A loss of income is not an easy adjustment. There are financial obligations in place…
Motherhood – Doubt Creeps in After the Kids Are Tucked
In the quiet of the house after everyone is tucked in at night I sit in the silence. The silence from the arguing and the fighting, and the needs and…
Grieving
My daughter and I both lost moms a couple of years ago, but in many ways, her loss has been more difficult to deal with than mine.…
How Much is Too Much?
How much is too much? We have so many sedentary activities today that our kids enjoy but how do you know how much is too much? There is television, video…
Communicating With Your Kids
In this situation one of the most important things that I did for my children was to keep the lines of communication open. They had to know that they could…
Newly Single Mom
I would say the first year was a tremendous journey of finding myself and discovering who I was as a person and woman, as well as what type of role…
Tiana Green
Tiana Green is a former daycare owner and mother of four. A single mom for many years, Tiana understands the emotional pressures faced by single parents to provide all…
