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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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