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03/11/2019
7 Tips to Stay Fit and Healthy If any of those DVDs or diet books worked, there'd only be one. The reality is, there's no miracle to staying healthy and fit - it's the way you live your life. Here's what you need to do... More >>

Tags: AttitudeBehaviorStay-at-Home MomStop Whining, Start LivingTips
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03/06/2019
Making A Work Of Art Out Of My Life I'm getting married this weekend, and I'm sending you this email I have had drafted in my head for years! Our dad walked out on our family when I was young... More >>

Tags: MarriageParentingPersonal ResponsibilityStay-at-Home MomStressValues
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03/05/2019
Thinking About Your Words Eight years ago, when I got pregnant with my son, I listened to you fiercely demand that mothers stay home with their children. I KNEW you were right, but I refused to admit that I was a mom who was willing to abandon my child to hired help... More >>

Tags: JobParentingPersonal ResponsibilityStay-at-Home MomStressValues
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03/04/2019
Finding Inspiration ...I have always worked in the family business, but due to economic pressures have had to make changes for the future. The career I've had so far with the family company allowed my wife and me to raise four kids without daycare... More >>

Tags: ParentingStay-at-Home MomStressValues
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03/01/2019
Precious Moments A few months ago, I dropped my oldest daughter off for her first day at kindergarten. I worked hard to hold back the tears, but I did it...that is, until I got in my car... More >>

Tags: ParentingStay-at-Home MomStressValues
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02/28/2019
I Made It Happen! You Can Too Staying home with my kids was a priority for me. When my second child was born shortly after my first, I knew I didn't want to work anymore... More >>

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02/22/2019
Making The Impossible, Possible I've always heard you urging moms to be home with their children and raise them, but I never thought that was possible for me... More >>

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02/19/2019
There Is ALWAYS A Way When my husband and I were dating and talking about marriage, I said that after we married and were looking to buy a house, we would base the home price off his income only and not ours combined. That way, when we had kids, I could quit my full-time job to stay home with them and we could still afford the mortgage... More >>

Tags: Day CareJobParentingPersonal ResponsibilityStay-at-Home MomValues
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02/06/2019
My Most Important Job I was a school social worker prior to giving birth to our first son, and at the time, my husband and I planned for me to return to work and place our son in daycare... More >>

Tags: Day CareJobMotherhood-FatherhoodParentingPersonal ResponsibilityStay-at-Home MomValues
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02/05/2019
A Teacher Who Made a Difference ...When I arrived at the new school I was put in a classroom with a mean teacher. The first thing she did was give us an assignment to write something. I didn't quite understand her instructions and had a 'brain block'... More >>

Tags: EducationFriendshipPersonal ResponsiblityRelationshipsSchoolStay-at-Home MomStudentsTeacher
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