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Category Archives: Step 4. Family
How to Do NOTHING!
It’s the middle of the summer! If your family is like mine, we’ve taken a trip, the kids have done camp, and we’ve hit all the local attractions. But there are still six weeks before school starts so… what now? NOTHING! Seriously… I’m giving up the guilt about not having an activity planned for them….
How to Stop Christmas
“Do you know why Santa is always jolly?” my husband said to me last year as we were driving together to purchase our Christmas tree. “No, why?” I replied on queue like the well-trained straight man of umpteen years of marriage. “Because…”
How to Begin Processing Post-Divorce
It’s been called the post-divorce rut, the single parent the rut, and a few other choice things…whatever you call it, one thing is for certain: it’s no fun being there. I had been waiting and waiting and waiting for sixteen long months for my divorce to end. Every single day felt endless, like I was…
How to Get Ready to Adopt
With all my heart, I truly believe that just as a child is conceived physically, an adopted child is conceived in the hearts of a mom and dad. As an adoptive grandma (alias, Mimi), I witnessed that event in the hearts of my daughter, Lisa, and son-in-law, John, who adopted our precious grand daughter, Megan…
How to Get Your Child to Open Up
“So Mom, do you want to play this game with me? You go first with the ‘I feel…’ part.” “Okay…,” said distracted me to my eight-year-old daughter, who had been wanting to play a game. “I feel like eating ice cream.” “I feel sad when my dad lies to me.” Whoa. I stopped doing the…
How to Spend One THOUSAND Dollars?
Sarah Gaffney won the Dream Connection essay contest and a one thousand dollar shopping spree from ArtisticSensations.com! Now onto how to spend that nice big sum of cash! I don’t think…
Lisa Roberts’ DREAM CONNECTION
Who will be the lucky MOM? VOTE for your story. The Dream Connection that has the most votes by 12:00 NOON CST on April 30, 2010 will get a code to redeem immediately at ArtisticSensations.com
Karen Mead’s DREAM CONNECTION
Who will be the lucky MOM? VOTE for your story. The Dream Connection that has the most votes by 12:00 NOON CST on April 30, 2010 will get a code to redeem immediately at ArtisticSensations.com
Carla Shown’s DREAM CONNECTION
Who will be the lucky MOM? VOTE for your story. The Dream Connection that has the most votes by 12:00 NOON CST on April 30, 2010 will get a code to redeem immediately at ArtisticSensations.com
