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Shutterfly Pro Gallery by Wendy Irene

For as long as I can remember I have always wanted to work for myself, and have my own business. As a child I loved to block off our dining room, re-arrange chairs, and create a store. A store where I pretended to sell tickets to my dance recitals, or brownies that I had baked. I used lots of saran wrap, tin foil, and brown paper bags because of course a product had to be …

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Turn Your Child’s Art Into a Beautiful Memory Book

My eldest daughter is now in Kindergarten and the preschool days are behind her. Sniff, sniff. I kept every scribble, every restaurant coloring place mat, every Froot Loop necklace in a box. A BIG box. I love her art! I celebrate her art! Someday I’ll have to give that giant box to her, plus another 10, full of elementary school art. And then there is the awkward junior high art… and those boxes will most likely sit in her garage until she has to tearfully throw them all away because she’s moving to an apartment in New York. SO sad.

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A Mother’s Thoughts On The Oklahoma SAE Racism Scandal

All day, all over the news, all over social media, at the water cooler in the office, there has been talk of the video of the SAE fraternity chapter at OU that went viral. The video showed fraternity brothers, along with their dates, aboard a bus chanting a song full of racial smut. Obviously there…

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5 Little Lifesaving Inventions Moms Love

For the average mother, life is a roller-coaster. Theres the highs, the lows, the curves, the loopsthe occasional vomit. Sometimes the mother is in the drivers seat, belt on, and blissfully in control; other times, shes stuck in the back, cringing at what just happened and wondering when the ride will end.

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Baby Girl Decorating Ideas

Think beyond pink. Bring your precious bundle of joy home to a space that makes a fashion statement and yet still captures her sweetness. Celebrity nursery designer Sherri Blum says, “Give your child a unique gift that will have a profound impact on his or her sense of well-being…a personal space that is uniquely and wonderfully his own.”