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Using Our Words Turns 5

July 2, 2015 by Amy, Using Our Words 6 Comments

Every year when June 27th, my blogiversary, rolls around, I feel like I should say something big and meaningful, but I never really know where to begin. This year, when I was reflecting on it as a birthday, I had a thought. Since growing this blog has been almost as much work as raising a […]

Filed Under: Mom Musings Tagged With: blog, blogging, blogiversary, growth, humor, inspiration, writing

BlogHer ’14 Brought It, Featuring Guy Kawasaki

July 23, 2014 by Amy, Using Our Words 8 Comments

In case you missed it, last week I wrote about how I’m going to approach BlogHer ’14—which kicks off tomorrow—with an all-in attitude. I went so far as to title the post Bring It On BlogHer ’14. And you know what? Things started happening.

Filed Under: featured, Mom Musings, Tips & Ideas Tagged With: blogging, BlogHer, BlogHer '14, challenge, growth, Guy Kawasaki, Instagram, opportunity, Skype, social media, Twitter

Discovering Happy

February 19, 2014 by Amy, Using Our Words 6 Comments

Last week, I found myself having totally unrelated, but similar conversations with each of my children’s teachers. Conversations that, less than a year ago, seemed so very far out of reach.

Filed Under: featured, Mom Musings Tagged With: 2nd grade, growth, happiness, happy, preschool, teachers

A Renewed Focus – T25 Style

November 20, 2013 by Amy, Using Our Words 9 Comments

This summer I had the pleasure of attending a couple gorgeous weddings. And you know what that means? Pictures. Pictures of me — the person who’s usually behind the camera. So when I saw the pictures, I was a bit surprised. I didn’t like what I saw. Sure, I’d watched the number on the scale […]

Filed Under: Belly & Baby, featured, Tips & Ideas Tagged With: exercise, growth, health, healthy eating, healthy living, Shaun T, support, T25

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