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My kids’ right to live without fear of getting shot
I want my kids to have the right to call you a slime bag or an idiot and not get shot. I want them to be able to attend a political debate as nine-year old Christina Taylor Green (see photo to left) did on Saturday morning in Arizona when she was shot dead along with [...]
“Keeping abreast” – a breast cancer survival story
As part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, I wanted to share my Aunt’s five-year story of surviving breast cancer, which is chronicled on my cousin’s fun and witty blog, The Patriotic Baker. I’ve broken the excerpts into several posts, which we will be posting over the next week or two to raise awareness of breast [...]
Blog for your boobs … and breast cancer research
We’ve taken the pledge to participate in the Army of Women breast cancer campaign on October 1, 2010. Please join us. “We are dedicating ONE day to reach ONE million women to sign up for the Army of Women,” say organizers. “We are declaring October 1, 2010 the official Army of Women Day. We beseech [...]
Stand up and stretch to save a life
Bonnie Bernstein survived a blood clot. She had no idea that she was experiencing symptoms of DVT. “After all, I’ve worked out my entire life, eat well, rarely drink alcohol, and don’t smoke,” she wrote. But David Bloom, NBC news correspondent, wasn’t so lucky. He died in Iraq in the “sand-blown heat of war.” But [...]
Moms fight for better road safety
Add this to your list of New Year’s resolutions that are easier to achieve than losing weight or launching your own business … and better for everyone. What is it? Try to stop talking, texting and tweeting while driving. I love to talk on my cell phone, particularly while driving, but I’ve been trying to [...]
How To Be An Effective Helicopter Parent
A Guide To Helping Your Adult Children With Their Job Search Pity! You can’t accompany your kids to an interview or answer an interviewer’s questions, but you can help them in other practical ways when they start job hunting. It is a fact of life that kids are staying in the family home longer, often [...]
“Germ Warfare: The Swine Flu Chronicles”
I heard a weird noise the other day and turned around to see my seven year old twin boys and their friends sneezing and coughing all over each. Each wheeze was accompanied by those sound effects little boys make when they are pretending to be Ninjas or Luke Skywalker. “Nyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah, yeewaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaak, spleeeeeerk!” What was happening? [...]
Bloggers, multiskillers, tweeters and teens fail at texting while driving
Guess who got a D for Death in the test for Texting While Driving 101? Experts in Utah tested some expert bloggers and texters ( daresay they were savvy tweeters, too) in a simulator. They found even short tweets or a simple, “I’m nearly there!” put them at risk. It would have been bye bye [...]
Mom, did you ever text and drive?
photo credit: elle.johnson My son asked me these questions last night. “Have you ever got drunk?” Yes. “Has Dad ever got drunk?” Yes. “Did you get a tattoo? “ No, I replied. “Doesn’t everyone who gets drunk get one?” he asked. Not everyone, I replied. Fastforward 25 years and I can imagine my grandchildren asking [...]
Momfinitions: Guilty admission from a mad mogger
Us Moggers and Tweetheads at MomstoWork couldn’t resist the Momfinition challenge at TwitterMoms to contribute five definitions to a mom dictionary. Here are ours, and as always, we went overboard and came up with a few more than requested. And don’t forget to check out other fun definitions, like Keything Ring (what babies chew on) [...]
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