Stop Panicking by Stopping Allergic Reactions at School

by Guest Contributor November 18, 2011 4 comments

Allergies are more than just a nuisance. For some kids, they can be life threatening, and as a mom that means even more worrying about how to keep your kid reaction-free when you’re not with [...]
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The Good Part of a Panic Attack

by Janice October 24, 2011 8 comments

I hate horror movies. I have never been able to understand why someone would find it entertaining to tease their mind with panic and fear. There is far too much anxiety and fear toying with [...]
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I’m Giving Birth, I Shouldn’t Have To Worry About Getting A Bed!

by Susan October 19, 2011 5 comments

In the movies, women are never sitting in waiting rooms praying they’ll be granted a delivery room. But for my first delivery, I spent four days waiting to get a hospital room AFTER my water [...]
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Because Weakness is Strength — Why Mom Bloggers Resonate with Readers

by Janice August 31, 2011 119 comments

My Grandmother killed herself. Or drank herself to death. No one can tell me for sure. But, after a lifetime of numbing her pain with alcohol, my grandmother was found dead at her kitchen table, [...]
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Want to Win $500? Tell Us YOUR Creepy or Funny Bug Story…

by Susan April 26, 2011 994 comments

Janice and I don’t usually sit around laughing about bugs (even thinking too long about them makes us squirm.) But when the folks at Raid® asked us to host a fabulous giveaway for TWO $500 [...]
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How Do You De-Stress?

by Susan June 10, 2010 21 comments

Are you a worrier? How often do you get stressed? I’m constantly amazed at how some people don’t seem to worry as life tosses them about, while others — like me — are in a [...]
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This Night, Five Years Ago, Was A Very Different Night…

by Susan May 8, 2010 27 comments

It’s hard to remember it. I’ve said before… it feels like it all couldn’t really have happened. Except that the evidence is sleeping upstairs. A girl, turning five a few hours from now, sleeping next [...]
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If I tell you I am depressed, does it make you think less of me?

by Janice January 14, 2010 125 comments

I get out of bed and the waves of depression almost knock me over. I want to give in and crawl back into the comfort of my covers. I make my way to my computer [...]
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The Doctor Ordered a Dog…

by Janice December 21, 2009 38 comments

I came home with a very different kind of prescription last week… My doctor suggested pet therapy for my son, Jackson. Yes, she wants me to get him a dog! Jackson has been begging and [...]
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On the front page…

by Janice September 15, 2009 16 comments

I am a weekly columnist over at Guideposts.com, but every time they choose to feature one of my posts in the main marquee on the home page I get excited. There is something about seeing [...]
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