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A Not-So-Simple Day

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Humor

Written by Jennifer Redmond

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Does the incessant ringing, beeping, buzzing and electronic singing (bless those battery-operated toys) of life ever get on your nerves? Are you stretching to be everything to everybody? Every mom knows this breathless feeling.

Last week on one particularly memorable day I put on the brakes. Newsflash for moms: This is not always as simple as it sounds.

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What can I do to become somebody special?

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Inspiration

Written by Father Lou Guntzelman

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The parade of life goes by.

And as we see the celebrities, athletes and entertainers getting big bucks and applause, and politicians in the limelight, and inventors famous for doing something great - don't we sometimes feel small?  We're just the nondescript watchers on the sidewalk.

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The Quest for Wheels

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Humor

Written by Jennifer Redmond

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Dozens of tiny birds dusted their feathers in the dirt and snuggled into the parched earth. On a recent afternoon, I watched this performance from a picture window at a local car dealer. My husband sat beside me in the cozy cubicle of the "finance guy."

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Oops! I Forgot!

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Inspiration

Written by Karen Hossink

ForgetfullCookIt was time for dinner and I was happy. I was making one of my favorite meals, Pork Chops with Orange Rice. I especially love the orange-flavored rice and was looking forward to enjoying this meal with my family.

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Weird Parents R Us

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Written by Jen Thursday, 04 September 2008 00:00

WeirdFamilyOn our refrigerator is a magnet touting a great truth: "The only normal people are the ones you don't know very well." (Credit goes to Joe Ancis, a magnificent mind in the world of fridge magnets.)

Or so I always believed.

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