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10 Things I Learned This Week, Vol 64

May 20, 2012 by Amy, Using Our Words 6 Comments

After this weekend, I came up with a snappy title for the book I’m going to write. Two Baptisms, a T-ball Game, a Family Party for Pink, an All-Nighter With a Sick Birthday Girl, A Classmate’s Birthday Party and a T-ball End of Year Party (Interrupted By a Trip to Urgent Care): The Downfall of […]

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5 Things I Learned This Week, Volume 7

September 19, 2010 by Amy, Using Our Words 5 Comments

Lesson #1: As a girl, I’ve always envied how easy it is for boys to go to the bathroom—anywhere. After hearing Big shout from the bath, “Ow! I just peed in my eye!” I’m thinking easy isn’t always best. Lesson #2: My kids will do anything for an M&M (ok, four M&Ms). Little’s even potty […]

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5 Things I Learned This Week, Volume 6

September 12, 2010 by Amy, Using Our Words 5 Comments

Lesson #1: I look forward to the day when toilet bowl bleach isn’t the appropriate cleaning agent for our tub. Lesson #2: Someone at our local Target has a wicked sense of humor. Moving the lingerie section across from the young boys’ clothing couldn’t have been a coincidence, right? Lesson #3: Moms should get M&Ms […]

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June 25, 2010 by Amy, Using Our Words Leave a Comment

From Anti-Soccer Kid to Pro-Soccer Mom Seven Years and Itching for More The Sweetest Mother’s Day Gift Four Injuries and a Funeral, A Lesson in Gratitude A Working Mom’s Celebration of Teacher Appreciation Week A Pay-It-Forward Movement That Moved Me…And Hundreds of Others No Sick Days For Mom Formula Saves Lives Too From Judging That […]

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