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Living in NYC with 4 Small Kids
By: April Hetzel A little over two years ago, my husband and I began the process of moving from our suburbia home in Raleigh, NC to a high rise apartment in New York City. Did I mention we had three small kids (6,4,1) and I was pregnant with #4. We work with a ministry organization called Cru and we believed God was leading […]
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One Minute to a Mentally Healthier Child
By: Lyndsay Crews My 4-year old daughter looked into the mirror. She then turned to me and said, “My eyebrows are too big. I don’t like them.” Her comment didn’t completely surprise me because she caught me tweezing my eyebrows the other day. It was the way she degraded herself that really surprised me. She […]
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Working Sports Mom
By: Kris The weather is starting to get warmer and the birds are singing. That can mean only one thing….spring/summer sports. Hi. My name is Kris and I’m a full time working sports mom with a great husband, a head strong and independent 9 year old daughter, and a wild 6 year old son. I work […]
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No Tech Tuesday
By: Lyndsay Crews I had visions of breaking my husband’s phone. And honestly, if it didn’t cost so much money, I probably would have done it. The whole “checking the email” on the phone after work hours was and is annoying. We had a very predictable routine after the kids went to bed. First, clean […]
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Couch Time
Do you and your husband have arguments…Yes?…Ok good, so do we. Before kids, we had the time to argue/discuss whatever and whenever. After kids…er….not so much. First: There are two categories of arguments. 1) Things you can argue about in front of your kids like where to go for dinner or (husband) don’t leave your […]
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Using Spray Paint to Update an Old Dining Room Chandelier
I’m not big into DIY (Do-It-Yourself) projects. In fact, I often boast on how good I am for the economy since I buy everything I need. But one day, I was complaining about my outdated gold dining room chandelier to my interior design friend, Melissa (She’s brilliant.). I asked her opinion about the $140 chandelier […]
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