Love Grows Best in Little Houses Like Ours
Have you ever heard the saying, "Love grows best in little houses"? I’ve seen it and heard it more than…
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10 Simple Christmas Traditions To Start With Your Family
As we all know the year 2020 has been . . . less than ideal. The holiday season is fast…
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10 Ways To Raise Thankful Kids
The first spontaneous “thank you,” that sweetly pours out of a child’s mouth is an occasion many parents remember with…
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Say Hello To My Holiday Anxiety
There’s anxiety . . . and then there’s holiday anxiety. On top of quarantine anxiety. On top of everything else…
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There’s Nothing Better Than Sharing My Baby With the People I Love
“They’re such a gift, aren’t they?” The voice came from behind me in the grocery line. I tried to keep…
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I Married Into the Best Family
I stood there, absolutely beaming with pride, trying to maintain some level of chill, as my mother-in-law asked me for…
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2020 Isn’t a Normal Thanksgiving, So Do What Makes YOU Happy
We’re having a rotisserie chicken for Thanksgiving dinner this year. And—get ready for this—I’m not even cooking it myself. I’m…
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Instagram Released a Thanksgiving Pie Chart of Favorite Types By State—And I Have Questions
Call me old fashioned, but when I think Thanksgiving, I think pumpkin pie. You know what I'm talking about—creamy filling,…
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I’m Distancing Myself From My Dysfunctional Family
“You are an island, Melanie—an island alone!” she yelled at me. Her words were in part, a statement of what…
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We Started a Family But Our Baby is in Heaven
Do you ever feel like the one thing you are working through happens to pop up everywhere? What I mean…
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