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The Secret to Living Simple So You Can Enjoy Your Life

My friend Kayse is sharing with us today about what has been on her recently. Kayse has an amazing way with words, and I know you will be blessed. I don’t know about you, but I find motherhood to be...

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Scheduling Your First Stitch Fix

By now I’m sure you’ve heard about Stitch Fix. Maybe your friends have gotten their “fix” or your favorite blogger has shared their experience. But what exactly is it and how do you schedule a fix?...

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Capturing Unforgettable Moments {One Photo at a Time}

“I participated in an Ambassador Program on behalf of Influence Central for Panasonic. I received product samples as well as a promotional item to thank me for my participation.” If we are honest with...

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Create a Simple Capsule Wardrobe in 5 Easy Steps

Guest Post: Savannah from SincerelySavannah {affiliate links are included} Being a mom isn’t easy, but getting dressed every day should be. A schedule filled with after-school activities, doctors’...

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New Mom Survival Guide: Things I Wish I Knew

guest post: Lauren Flake from For the Love of Dixie Being a new mom was tough. It was exhausting both physically and emotionally, thanks to the trauma of childbirth, fluctuating hormones and constant...

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The Favorite Laundry Detergent of Children Everywhere

This post was sponsored by OxiClean™ through their partnership with POPSUGAR Select. While I was compensated to write a post about OxiClean™ Laundry, all opinions are my own. As a mom of little ones, I...

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9/11 We Will Never Forget

Have you ever played 6 Degrees of Separation? It’s a game of sorts. Six degrees of separation is the theory that anyone can be connected to any other person through a chain of acquaintances that has no...

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The Secret to Having a Perfect Child {no one is telling you about}

guest post: Katie Howard from KatieHHoward.com There are days as moms when we are flying high. Everyone is clean, dressed, and presentable in the early hours of the day. We prance off to some...

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Wise Words from an Empty Nest

guest post: Angie Dailey from Metamorphosis That’s it, it is over. Our kids are grown. They are all leaving soon. My heart is full of pride, and shadowed with brokenness.  How will hubs and I survive...

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7 Ways to Turn Your Day Around

Disclosure: This post was sponsored by Fiber One® through their partnership with POPSUGAR Select. While I was compensated to write a post about Fiber One®, all opinions are my own. Picture this. You...

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10 Things I Wish I Knew About Childbirth Before Having a Baby

Once the baby bump is visible, the unsolicited advice and questions begin. If you’re lucky, people think they get to walk up to you and rub your belly too. No lie. Complete strangers on the street walk...

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How to Get Your Kids to Listen without Yelling

Whether you’re a new parent, or a veteran one, you know that yelling usually makes a situation worse – not better – yet somehow it still happens. Sometimes it happens a lot. When we yell, our kids tune...

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To the Little Boy Who Captured My Heart and Broke It in Two

I laid there on the ultrasound table waiting anxiously to find out if you were a boy or a girl. When the tech said, “It’s a boy!”, I wept. What was I going to do with a BOY?! But the instant I saw you,...

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How to Thrive with Three Kids Under Three NOT Simply Survive

Guest post by AnnieLaurie Walters from annielauriewalters.com The transition to motherhood was not an easy one for me, for a lot of reasons, but mainly because I had my kids really fast. We are that...

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5 Essentials For Every Mom

Motherhood is a balancing act that I have yet to figure out completely. Motherhood is hard. Being a Mom continually stretches me in ways that I never knew I could be stretched. It is refining. There...

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5 Ways to Pamper Your Skin During Pregnancy

This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Boppy. The opinions and text are all mine. Pregnancy. That wonderful time when you are overjoyed about the new addition preparing to make...

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Parenting Kids with Trauma: Losing the Battles but Winning the War

guest post by Robin Allen from 5AllenzPlus I often see articles on social media with parents upset over adoptive families using terms like special needs, calling out that their kids have been adopted...

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Every House with Toddlers Needs This

You’ve been there. It’s early. No one slept. You give your toddler cereal for breakfast, set them in their seat, and proceed to counter for your morning coffee. Only your walk to the counter is cut...

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37 Things You Might Not Know about Me on My Birthday

There. I said. I am 37. I feel every year of it lately. There is a reason that I wanted to start having children at age 25 and not 30, but that didn’t work out so well for us. It is what it is. Most of...

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4 Signs Your Child May Have a Speech Delay

“So, does she talk much?” The innocent question. We were standing talking about how our babies were getting so big too fast, waiting to pick up our oldest kids. It was an innocent question. But it was...

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