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A Bad Moms Christmas Movie in Theatres Now

I'm a bad mom. Or at least sometimes I feel like a bad mom. Don't we all sometimes though? We don't live up to the PTA's expectations, we're overcommitted, we having parenting fails, we're tired, we want some things for ourselves. Yet, we also do some pretty great things as moms too. For me this…

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5 Dream Destinations for Your Second Honeymoon

Ill be completely honestmy honeymoon, nearly 20 years ago, wasnt all that great. I was sick in bed with the flu the whole first week on Kauai. The second week, my husband and I decided to try our hand at windsurfing on Maui. While I was feeling better, it was grueling. We ended each day bandaging our blistered hands (a side effect of gripping the boom when youre a beginner windsurfer …

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When Your Kids Ask If You Ever Tried Drugs…

Now that I have three teenagers, illegal drugs seem everywhere. Philip Seymour Hoffmans fatal heroin overdose. Meth production glamorized on television. The heroin epidemic in New England where the kids favorite aunt lives.Its not my imagination: Oprah even chose the subject for the premiere of OprahPrime last Sunday night.It doesn’t help that marijuana is becoming less and less illegal every day. And closer to home, literally. A few days ago …

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Motherhood Moments: Chronicles of a Single Mom

There are moments you wish for and look forward to most as a mom… as a parent really. Those moments are precious milestones that you read about in books; stories you hear about from friends and family members who have been around the proverbial parenting block more than once.