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Wondering What To Do With Kids During Church???

I have 3 children and I like to go to church. Right there, you can see my dilemma. I attend an Episcopal Church in our village that is wonderful and very welcoming to children (luckily). However, in an effort to not anger anyone of our wonderful, very understanding parishioners, I like to make a very [...]

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What To Do With The Kids At a Doctor’s Appointment?

Doctor’s appointments seem to be how I have spent much of my time in the last 4 years. When my daughter was born in 2006, we discovered that she was not a “regular” child and that we couldn’t predict the path that she would take us down during her life. Well, so far in 4 [...]

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Chivalry Is NOT Dead People!

It was proven to me today, that chivalry is in no way dead. In fact, it reared it’s head in a suprisingly unlikely place today. As I was walking into Panera Bread, I was a little put off by the large group of men standing outside of the cafe clearing tables from a sidewalk and [...]

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Autumn in New York…

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I always loved the title of that movie with Richard Gere and Wynona Rider. Just hearing that term brings good feelings about the beauty of autumn in New York. It has always been my favorite time of year, and now that I have children, it is a beloved time even more than before. School has [...]

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When it rains, it pours… crankiness.

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Why is it that people get so rude when it rains? It seems to happen while driving especially. People are in a hurry, the energy on the road is as negative as it can get and it is often impossible to get home without experiencing a case of road rage. The sky has opened up [...]

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