Common Breast Cancer Misconceptions

It is not surprising that a disease as devastating as breast cancer would have myths or misconceptions surrounding it. It is sometimes hard to know what to believe – and even mainstream media is guilty of propagating some of these falsehoods. In this day and age of instantaneous publishing, some studies would likely not pass muster in highly regarded peer-reviewed scientific publications, but are widely posted online and even broadcast by major media outlets. Continue reading “Common Breast Cancer Misconceptions”

FREE Learning apps for Kids and printable worksheets – Kids Academy on Google Play & iTunes

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Kids Academy Releases Preschool Education Center
for iOS and Android!

Whether you are doing early learning prep for your child or homeschooling, Kids Academy has done it again with upgrading their learning apps. Armed with over hundreds of downloadable worksheets. This is great for parents who are looking to minimize their children’s screen time but still offer a great learning environment. Here are the details about Kids Academy and their apps that are available on both Apple and Android download. Continue reading “FREE Learning apps for Kids and printable worksheets – Kids Academy on Google Play & iTunes”

I’m Sorry Forgive Me

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Just the other day I received an email out of the blue from a former colleague. A bit bewildered as to the reason for the email and yet giddy with curiosity, I opened with eager anticipation. The email was a simple asking for coffee and to enlighten her how she had wronged me with the opportunity to right any wrong. My jaw stiffened and I felt a scowl roll across my face. Then I saw the words “I’m sorry” in the body and I was even more disgusted. Lately I found that the words “I’m sorry” are just a form of lip service and not a request for forgiveness as the statement or question of “Forgive me” would suggest. Continue reading “I’m Sorry Forgive Me”

Leaving Jesus because of Christians

For the last six months I have been suffering in a very painful silence. My suffering is something I was not even sure if I should discuss because of deep wounds and reopened scars. As I shared some months ago I was given the opportunity to work in ministry. Over the moon excited to share my gifts, talents; the opportunity to share my love and faith with others. Allowing God to use me as his tool to share the Kingdom and do His work in this world. What I wasn’t prepared for was how damaging Christians can be to one another. What I wasn’t prepared for was the desire to leave Jesus because of Christians.

Do you recall the day your parents told you that Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy, and even that the Easter Bunny were not real? Such a magical let down to have your whole world shattered in an instant. The magician revealed his tricks. The mysticism, the heightened feeling of wonder that something so great and marvelous existed beyond out wildest dreams and imagination. Continue reading “Leaving Jesus because of Christians”

Hemera: Watches Beyond the Boardroom

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Just the other day while conducting early holiday shopping, installations of Halloween decorations and paraphernalia littered the local stores which means that Hanukkah and Christmas will be following soon after. If these signs spark inspiration of early holiday shopping, now is the time, especially if you are seeking that “It gift” for your spouse and or significant other. Husbands are always running off to meetings, business conferences and luncheons, the one accessory any man needs to put together his ensemble is a chic functional watch. As a man on the go with boardroom business he also represents a rugged outdoorsy nature with Jeep trails, hiking and volunteer efforts. Every man needs a beyond the boardroom style watch that is tasteful and can withstand an active lifestyle, so for this holiday season gifting the Hemera Radiant in his stocking is sure to be the “It gift.” Continue reading “Hemera: Watches Beyond the Boardroom”

Top Questions People Without Twins Ask Parents Who Have Twins

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Multiples are such a curiosity; twins, triplets and higher order multiples always garner childlike questioning from adults. Over the years I have compiled many of these questions, to this day they still make me giggle. During the height of the whole Octo-Mom fiasco, people flocked to the twins and I like a moth to a flame. The gamut of vulnerable, obvious, sometimes silly and sometimes outrageous questions presented themselves to the marveling passersby. Here is my top list of questions from people (and parents) without twins ask parents who have twins and higher order multiples: Continue reading “Top Questions People Without Twins Ask Parents Who Have Twins”

10 Tips to help your child for back to school

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Ten weeks of summer is just too long these days for kids and parents to brave. For some parents they have experienced the endless summer as their toddlers will be going to school for the very first time. Other parents will be fighting the struggles and anxiety some children feel shortly before going back to school. The event can be troublesome with getting back into the routine of early bedtimes, early morning wake-up calls, different teachers, different schools. Here are 10 tips to help your child (and you) for back to school. Continue reading “10 Tips to help your child for back to school”

Raising Sinners

Parenting styles are as widely varied as the coffee menu at your local brew house.  If someone had told me about helicoptering, co-sleeping and authoritative when I was in my early twenties, I would have laughed in their faces and assumed some form of sexual innuendo. Who knew so many different forms of parenting styles and classifications exist. As of late I have been pondering if I am really doing this parenting thing right/wrong based on the way I was raised as a child. Thoughts that are based on a series of comments spoken to me very recently. “You were not raised in a “Christian” home,” I was told. Feeling this to be the most “Christ-like” of insults I laughed and thought well if I wasn’t raised that way then I must be have been raised and raising sinners. Continue reading “Raising Sinners”

The Whole Ball Game?

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Funny how life can throw curve balls, grinders, heaters and the occasional wild pitch that make us double over in horrific shock. What I find amazing is how MLB players never consider the whole ball game in one pitch or one season, but a series of seasons. If you are a die hard Cubs fan you know this reality, still chasing the pennant, still cheering from the stands, joyous spirits flying high in the bleachers whether at Spring training or regular season at Wrigley. Somehow our fanaticism and forgiveness for our baseball teams never seem to carry over to our personal lives or those with whom we interact. Suddenly the story of their life is the whole ball game as opposed to a series of seasons. Continue reading “The Whole Ball Game?”