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Full Credit - Long Overdue
By: kellyarmstrong
About a hundred years ago, in July 2009 to be exact, I wrote a series of blogs on How Not To Take a Summer Vacation , in which I detailed the fiasco that our Cruise A...
Yoga Cats
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My Spirit Garden
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Best Party Ever:The Family ...
By: lynamber
THE FAMILY REUNION When I was eight years old, my sister and I sang “Redwing” in two-part harmony at the Schroeder Family Reunion. It was my first public appearance a...
Super Manny?
Great Britain, arguably the land of the most revered nannies (wait, was Mary Poppins British? And, was she even real?) is on the cusp of a major first: A male is a fi...
Life in the Margins
By: bunburyscountryhouse
I am walking through the rows of lockers on the second floor of my high school. It’s fifth period, and most students are in class. I wonder at the quiet as I make my ...
Pie for Grandpa
By: mamabear
Once again Thomas has willed into existance something he wants very much... Special Agent Oso (a kids' show that features a bear who is a special agent, a la James Bo...
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