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Shopping for Sweets

July 27, 2015 by Amy, Using Our Words 1 Comment

This morning, a virtually empty post-vacation fridge had me braving the grocery store with all three kids in tow. While this usually results in a lot of reprimanding and swearing that I’ll never (ever) do it again, today was different. The kids decided to play a game Big’s friend taught him recently called Sweet or […]

Filed Under: Mom Musings Tagged With: games, kindness, love, motherhood, parenting, smile, smiles, sweet

Little Random Acts, Big Holiday Cheer

December 9, 2010 by Amy, Using Our Words Leave a Comment

You know how crazy people get around the holidays? Stealing parking spots. Attacking innocent gingerbread men. Hanging and rehanging lights on the house and tree. (Ok, maybe those are just my family, but you know what I mean.) Well, this year, a bunch of people I know are going crazy. Really crazy. In the best […]

Filed Under: Tips & Ideas Tagged With: cheer, good cause, happiness, helping others, holiday, kindness, smile, Tips & Ideas

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