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What’s in a Name – JOSHUA

So, I've been using a new app called Queepsake. I probably ran across it from one of those Instagram ads - you know the smart kind that targets new moms. But, I love it because it sends me a couple questions each day. At first it was just one, but after my free...

Joshua 1:9 | God's promises to protect us and be faithful to us were part of the reason we chose this name for our son
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Gear Up! | 0-3 months

Below is a list of some of the essential items we needed at home with a newborn. Whether these were items we registed for one of our showers or things we picked up on our own when we got home, I think its safe to say all of them were things we could not live...

Gear Up | 12 essentials and must haves for newborns and infants
Cancer

10 years around the track

One of the great honors I have in life is to serve as a Hero (now Voice) of Hope for the American Cancer Society. This group of survivors and caregivers go through a several month training process and then spend an initial year traveling all over their home state...

Life is full of storms. Hard diagnosis, change of life stage, taking care of kids or parents during sickness. It doesn't have to be bad, but you do have to process through it, discover the reason why, and just roll with what comes.
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Keeping Organized in the Kitchen

I’ve often heard my mom say, “The key to cooking anything on a weeknight is just a little organization.” And believe me, my mom could cook just about anything on a week night including a fancy dinner for 8 (but that’s a different post). Now that I’m in a “mom”...

Keeping Organized in the Kitchen | Tips and Tricks for sanity in the cooking world @bigpittstop
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Earth Day | Energy Usage Survey

As mentioned here and here, one of the common debates at our house is how we could decrease our carbon footprint. Of course I don’t present it in those terms, but what could we do to reduce trash and consumption in our home? This new stage of life really has me...

Energy Usage Survey | Questions you can ask yourself this Earth Day to reduce your energy usage
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take them a meal

I can think of nothing more that a family with a newborn needs (maybe besides some extra cash and sleep) than to have meals covered the first couple weeks they are home. And that same philosophy applies when people have had surgery or a stressful week. We have been...

Meals to Take - recipes and ideas for taking a meal for a new baby, after surgery, or just to help a friend on a stressful week. #mealplanning #freezermeals #surgerymeal #newbabymeal
CancerEncouragement

Miracle Man

After all that, I did have to make a decision with one fact in mind - To save my life might mean I never got to make his; my own little miracle.

Miracle Man | my journey to every day as a 10 year cancer survivor to realizing my son is a breathing miracle

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