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Aug 31, 2010
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The deals we make with our kids, sometimes rational, sometimes not...
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Aug 30, 2010
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Schedules are good for everyone-but it takes time to get used to the routine again for kids and parents.
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Aug 18, 2010
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A sense of humor is always welcome in a tragic world...
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Aug 16, 2010
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Tod do or not to do? It is the eternal question we face every single day of our lives. What we choose ultimately defines our path.
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Aug 12, 2010
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Life truly is stranger than fiction. A judge had a little fun behind me on live television this week...
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Aug 9, 2010
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When is reality too much reality for young minds?
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Aug 2, 2010
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Sometimes our children push us to do things that are out-of-our comfort zone...
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Jul 27, 2010
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Join me this fall for my new venture. Teaching nonfiction writing at Wake Tech's Cary campus!
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Jul 26, 2010
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Even when we become parents, it is important to remember that we were daughters first.
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Jul 19, 2010
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A picture really is worth a thousand words, especially if you are there when it is being taken...
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Jul 12, 2010
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Beauty is indeed in the eye of the beholder, and often the beholder is the person staring back at us in the mirror.
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Jul 5, 2010
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Losing a pet is especiially hard for children...
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Jun 28, 2010
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Letting go of our children is never easy to do...even when they are ready to try something new.
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Jun 21, 2010
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Instead of an "Easy Button," I'd like a "Pause Button/"
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Jun 15, 2010
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All work and no play makes us boring people. We can learn from our kids how to make the most out of every minute.
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Jun 7, 2010
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Technology is a blessing if you you know how to use it and a curse if you don't!
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Jun 1, 2010
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You can't yourself too seriously when you have a gaping hole in the back of your pants...
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May 25, 2010
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Every girl needs a red feather boa on the run...
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May 17, 2010
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The tooth fairy isn't perfect, and she's not getting any younger either. Sometimes she forgets things...
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May 10, 2010
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The workplace is supposed to be safe, but domestic violence puts us all at risk.
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May 3, 2010
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We all know that buckling up save lives. But how do we get our kids to understand this?
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Apr 19, 2010
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To win or not to win-this is the million dollar question when you're playing games with kids...
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Apr 12, 2010
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Writing and parenting-sounds like a good combination, especially when you can work from home...but it is not always so simple.
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Apr 7, 2010
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Triangle moms-check out this coll upcoming event in Raleigh!
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Apr 6, 2010
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"Evil Next Door" has arrived. Writing a book is a little bit like having a child. This is my third (book) and I hope to have a big family!
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Apr 5, 2010
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Dealing with sickness is part of being a parent-but knowing this doesn't make it any easier...
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Mar 30, 2010
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Somtimes the fantasy of teaching children how to do something is greater than the reality...
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Mar 22, 2010
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Working mothers are never where they are supposed to be at any given moment...
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Mar 16, 2010
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It's the most magical place on earth, or at least that's what I hear. But do I really need to go and see for myself?
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Mar 10, 2010
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Tragedy in Raleigh as a charismatic champion for education is brutally beaten and later dies from her injuries. The mystery deepens...
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Mar 8, 2010
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Nothing like a little paint on the walls to ruin your day...
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Feb 28, 2010
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Are you a working writer? Need some inspiration and support? Don't miss the Triangle Area Freelancers annual spring conference.
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Feb 28, 2010
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Getting kids to do what we want them to do is never easy. Sometimes it can be a hair-pulling, soul-searching, anxiety-ridden experience...
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Feb 22, 2010
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Out of the mouths of babes...a child's wisdom can be a parent's opportunity to see the world differently.
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Feb 16, 2010
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When worlds collide...check out my new blog posts-one about family and one about reporting.
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Feb 8, 2010
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Check out my new "Go Ask Mom" blog on WRAL.com.
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Jan 29, 2010
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Go Ask Mom-a brand new feature on the WRAL Web site. Check it out. I will be blogging there weekly.
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Dec 9, 2009
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Check out the highlight of my week at WRAL. A very inspirational story involving a miracle lung transplant.
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Dec 8, 2009
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When does "celebrity" dictate news? Check out my new blog on WRAL.com
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Nov 20, 2009
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Christmas came early to the Griffin house this year...
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Oct 27, 2009
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FYI-my speaking engagement at WakeMed scheduled for Thursday night has been postponed!
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Oct 6, 2009
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We have created a celebrity culture of "Royal Nonesuch" that has seaped into the mainstream and threatens to turn our brains to mush.
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Oct 6, 2009
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"Dispatches from a Reporter's Notebook"-check out my new blog!
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Sep 29, 2009
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Tune in to see truTv's version of "Deadly Dose" story this Friday on "Forensic Files."
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Jun 16, 2009
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"Summer breeze make me feel fine. Blowin' through the jasmine in my mind..."-Seals and Crofts
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May 12, 2009
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An episode of "Captured" on the Oxygen Network will feature the story I am writing about in my next true crime book.
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Mar 24, 2009
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Car discussions between my five-year-old and her kindergarten buddy always make me smile...
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Mar 17, 2009
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Check out this bestsellers list from last week on Amazon. "Deadly Dose" made the list!
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Mar 15, 2009
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Hope you all enjoyed "48 Hours " last night about the Eric Miller case which featured information from "Deadly Dose."
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Mar 10, 2009
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"48 Hours" show about the Eric Miller murder case airs this Saturday, March 14, at 10:00 P.M.
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Mar 4, 2009
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"Big Brother" isn't just a television show. It is a famous reference to a science fiction fantasy that has come true-well almost...
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Jan 23, 2009
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Dear Mr. President...you have inspired my 5-year-old daughter.
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Jan 21, 2009
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Join me Thursday night in Wilson at the public library for more on "Deadly Dose."
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Jan 20, 2009
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Snow and Obama...a day to remember in North Carolina!
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Jan 1, 2009
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I don't usually make resolutions, but I heard a pretty good one the other day that I might try on for size.
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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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Aug 1, 2007
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I always thought that at this point in my life I would have more time to do what I wanted to do. I was wrong...
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Jul 15, 2007
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Children have remarkable coping skills when they face obstacles, skills that we could learn a lot from...
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Jul 1, 2007
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One of my favorite phrases in a pop song is "soul vacation" in "Drops of Jupiter" by the band Train. I'm on one and I'm not sure if I will ever return...
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Jun 7, 2007
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Pirate or princess? Twenty years ago we would have never asked that question when it came to a girl... Today, it matters!
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May 16, 2007
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For most adults the thought of doing nothing is impossible- we need pharamceuticals or a cocktail to handle this concet. Children have no such worries...
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May 7, 2007
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A child's birthday party is probably one of the most chaotic, exhausting experiences a parent will ever have. But there are rewards...
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Apr 30, 2007
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As parents we have two very important functions- to push our kids up the hill, and to keep them from going to fast down the other side...
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Apr 24, 2007
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Training a child to sleep through the night without wetting the bed is the last frontier between sleepless nights and potentially restful ones.
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Apr 24, 2007
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Sometime life just gets in the way of everything else. If I only had about five more hours a day...
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Mar 14, 2007
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One important lesson that I learned from my mother is how taking care of sick kids is an art- I put those talents to the test last week.
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Mar 3, 2007
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I think my four-year-old may be a champion goal-setter, but I'm afraid that she's setting the bar too high...
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Feb 21, 2007
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Sometimes I'm amazed at what comes out of their mouths and in turn what goes on inside their little heads.
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Feb 18, 2007
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What to give up? 40 days in the wilderness without television- that's what I've decided. Wish me luck.
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Feb 16, 2007
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Kids have a way of putting things into perspective in terms that are simple and direct...
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Jan 26, 2007
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I knew it would eventually happen- those dreaded words: "Everybody else is doing it!" I just didn't think it would be this soon.
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Jan 18, 2007
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Who should our children's role models be? Shouldn't we help them decide?
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Jan 15, 2007
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Living with small children means pretending you know the answer to everything and spending most of your time punting...
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Jan 10, 2007
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The wisdom from a three-year-old is sometimes the best advice you'll get all day. I'm thinking about taking it to heart.
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Jan 5, 2007
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In the old days using the telephone was a privilege. For kids today it's synoymous with breathing...
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Dec 31, 2006
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Eleven long days at home with my kids over the holidays...is it time to back to work yet?
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Dec 18, 2006
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The Christmas pageant, it's a tradition passed down through the ages...one that I'll never forget, but for all of the wrong reasons.
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Dec 11, 2006
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Ever feel like your life needs an EXTREME MAKEOVER?
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Dec 3, 2006
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We don't expect kids to ask the hard questions until they get older. But today's world moves at a frantic pace, and so do their little minds.
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Nov 23, 2006
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Children think their parents are invincible. We're not. What happens when they figure this out?
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Nov 16, 2006
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When I had two girls I worried about when vanity starts to kick-in. The answer- apparently three-years-old!
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Nov 11, 2006
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Sometimes we just have to stop and listen to what our kids say. If we do, we might learn something.
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Nov 1, 2006
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Holidays are supposed to be better with children. Some I would like to skip!
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Oct 26, 2006
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Halloween brings out the child in most of us, especially if you like chocolate. But what does your choice of costume say about you?
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Oct 22, 2006
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What children think about God is priceless. Maybe they could teach us something.
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Oct 15, 2006
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There's nothing better than the thrill of an amusement ride at the State Fair for a child. For a parent there can be nothing worse...
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Oct 10, 2006
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Are you ready to go back to school? If you have a child in school get ready to hit the books.
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Oct 1, 2006
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Parenting moments are usually not all that we imagine them to be. Like New Year's Eve, high expectations set us up for failure.
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Sep 26, 2006
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Magic is the suspension of disbelief. Children seem to have an infinite capacity to do this. Why don't we?
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Sep 19, 2006
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Admitting you're wrong isn't easy, especially when you have to admit it to your six-year-old.
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Sep 17, 2006
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What if we just let our kids "be" instead of scheduling every moment of their lives?
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Sep 15, 2006
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Do we really want to know what people think about us? Do we want to know what our kids think? I'm not so sure.
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Sep 12, 2006
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Children have a creative and unfiltered view of the world. For some reason as adults we lose the ability to see things with wonderment.
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