A Mom, Her Son and The Hope Of One More
As many of you know, the cause I support the most now and always will be to help raise funds for childhood cancer research. Sometimes, however, I like to support fundraising for happy reasons too and...
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Halloween Grows Up
As I sit here in a chocolate-induced haze after Halloween night, I have mixed emotions about how the night unfolded. This year, Halloween was different — different, good, but also different, bad. Or...
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Thoughts On An Approaching New Year
Embed from Getty Images It’s almost 2017 and…I’m READY for it! I think 2016 was a mixed bag for some. I know for Christina and Tarek of “Flip or Flop” fame, it was a downer. And, I too am soooo down...
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Why We Are Donating Our Son’s Umbilical Cord Blood (After Storing it for 13...
[NOTE: I used the least gross picture of an umbilical cord that I could find.] When I was pregnant with Big Dude back in 1997, I didn’t know anything about umbilical cord blood and why people might pay...
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Embed from Getty Images “Can you believe he’s graduating?!” a friend asked me when I told her my son was graduating high school in a few weeks. “Actually, yes I CAN believe it,” I answered, not...
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4th Annual Alex’s Lemonade Stand…Why We Continue To Do This
For the 4th year in a row, we are holding our Alex’s Lemonade Stand fundraiser to raise money for a cause that means SO much to us: childhood cancer. Middle Dude and I are getting ready to make our...
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Decorating The College Dorm Room: Guys Vs. Girls
Like many other parents of college-aged kids, I recently moved my oldest son into his college dorm room. Since he spent the past two years in boarding school, I considered myself a seasoned pro at...
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An Inside Look At What REALLY Goes On In High School
*This post is sponsored by A+E Networks and “Grown and Flown” My two older dudes have collectively been in three different high schools, so I feel pretty experienced at being a high school mom. One of...
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Back In The Day — Before Nor’Easters, Netflix And School Shootings
So, I’m sitting here on a Friday afternoon as the northeast gets blasted by bad weather — rain, high winds and sleet. Back in the day, we called this sort of day “messy” or simply a day with “rain,...
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The Dudes’ 5th Annual Alex’s Lemonade Stand – Why This Year Is Special
It’s craaaazy to think that this is our 5th year holding an Alex’s Lemonade Stand! (The photo to the left shows Middle Dude working at our very first stand!) You have all been so generous and...
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