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Nov 15, 2008
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Relevance? What does it mean? Why do we crave it so much into today's modern world?
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Nov 5, 2008
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Here I go again hopping up on my soapbox talking about the Internet and civility again. But this time I have some fun with it...
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Oct 23, 2008
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I'm taking part in two fun events this weekend. Join me!
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Oct 9, 2008
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Art is good for the soul...check out my friend Mary Alice's gallery on her Web site.
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Oct 6, 2008
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Here I go again...Yes, Virginia, it is the Internet that is ruining the civility of our discourse. Ask you mother.
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Sep 30, 2008
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When did the words "Excuse me" become a license to interrupt?
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Sep 24, 2008
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Check out my new blog on WRAL.com called "Living the American Dream."
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Sep 23, 2008
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The art of storytelling is as old as the red clay soil that lines the banks of creeks in North Carolina...
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Sep 11, 2008
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Live storytelling...it is an art that is alive and well in the Triangle. Check out this upcoming event.
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Sep 10, 2008
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How do we raise G-rated children in an X-rated world?
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Sep 5, 2008
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Saying bye to an old friend is never easy, especially when he has four legs and a loyal spirit.
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Sep 1, 2008
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Nothing like a pesky cactus to ruin a good family photo shoot...
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Aug 26, 2008
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My littlest one entered Kindergarten last week with enthusiasm. I thought that I would be a mess, but instead a weight has been lifted!
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Aug 12, 2008
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North Carolina has a lot of rich traditions that are rooted deeply in the red clay soil and I'm not just talking about sweet tea and grits!
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Aug 1, 2008
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Move over Beatles the Jonas Brothers have arrived...
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Jul 21, 2008
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Life doesn't stop just because you published a book...
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Jul 10, 2008
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Phobias are very real to the person experiencing them, especially when that person is five...
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Jun 30, 2008
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"Deadly Dose" is the foundation for the Oxygen show "Snapped," Sunday night, July 6, 10:00 P.M. and Monday, July 7, at 8:30 P.M. Tune in!
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Jun 17, 2008
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And the beat goes on...I'm no rock star, but the cool people I meet at my book signings sure make me feel like one!
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Jun 13, 2008
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Walk like a princess...talk like a princess...words to live by.
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Jun 10, 2008
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Sun soaked days filled with steamy temperatures, lukewarm pool water, and children basking in the freedom of their endless summer...
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Jun 3, 2008
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Thank you, thank you, thank you...my first book signing for "Deadly Dose" was an incredible success!
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May 28, 2008
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"DEADLY DOSE" IS COMING...THE COUNTDOWN BEGINS...
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May 22, 2008
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As I get ready to release my new book, "Deadly Dose," I am keenly aware of how my two disparate worlds- news and family, often collide...
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May 16, 2008
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"Please Stay Back"-words we could all learn from...
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May 8, 2008
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BIGAMY, it's not just happening on a secluded ranch out west with the FLDS- it's happening right here in North Carolina!
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Apr 28, 2008
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Check out "Snapped" from the Oxygen Network on 4/27/08
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Apr 3, 2008
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Wouldn't it be great if we called it a "career journey" instead of a "career path?" I think this would create less anxiety and give people permission to take more risks.
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Mar 24, 2008
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Welcome to my new and improved website! Let me know what you think.
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Feb 20, 2008
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We have an univited guest in our house- her name is Hannah Montana. I've agreed to let her stay as long as she doesn't smoke or get pregnant...
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Feb 10, 2008
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Children have a way of pushing through all the muck that we wade in every day and making our priorities crystal clear.
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Jan 28, 2008
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We all have expressions that we use to describe our love for our children- sometimes they surprise us with theirs.
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Dec 22, 2007
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Don't mess with Christmas or you'll pay. Certain rituals are sacred and as a parent you need to understand this early on or you'll wind up on Santa's naughty list...
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Dec 12, 2007
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We forget that everything we know we have to learn somewhere. We assume that our children will pick up basic things through osmosis...but WE actually need to teach them. It's an easy thing to forget
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Nov 6, 2007
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For the month of November please read my blog at www.skirt.com!
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Oct 26, 2007
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When did she learn to do that? This is a phrase I've uttered too many times lately. Is it because I wasn't paying attention?
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Oct 18, 2007
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Animals are an integral and magical part of childhood. In a child's mind anything can be a household pet...
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Sep 29, 2007
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Sometimes I wonder where my kids hear the stuff they repeat to strangers... Probably from me!
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Sep 18, 2007
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Sometimes I just have to stop and think about what my daughters say because it blows my mind!
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Sep 8, 2007
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I admit it- I'm that person, the one who uses her cell phone when there are big signs everywhere telling you NOT to do it.
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Sep 1, 2007
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Out of the mouths of babes- they tell us exactly what we need to hear, even when it is the last thing we want to hear!
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Aug 23, 2007
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They think it, they say it. Children are raw and unfiltered, beautiful traits that we pummel out of them as they get older....
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Aug 15, 2007
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Most parents cry the day their kids go to kindergarten- what about the other twelve years?
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