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Raspberry Grape Mini Muffins

If your kids are like ours, they love muffins – theyre sweet, delicious and fun to eat. As registered dietitian nutritionists, we are typically hesitant to serve muffins with breakfast or as a snack since they are usually calorie-bombs nearly the size of our kids heads and with the nutritional equivalent of cake.So when we found a muffin recipe that includes wholesome ingredients like bran flour, 100% grape juice, cinnamon, bananas and raspberries …

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Stay the Path

You are walking along a path. The path is green and lush. Its vibrant and almost glowing. This is your lifes authentic path. To the side of you is mountainous terrain, steep and rocky. There are points along the path where you experience falling rocks. Youre frightened. Scared of being tumbled and crushed by the rocks you see coming towards you at faster and faster speeds.

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No Need for an Alarm Clock… I Have Children!

It is extremely early in the morning. The sound of thumping coming from the ceiling above abruptly awakes me. I hope its just a fluke- the wind, perhaps a large truck that happens to be passing by our house on a tiny suburban street. The clock may say 6:30am, but my body is certain its just after midnight. The banging and thumping continue. If you have never been in my home youd be certain I housed a herd of elephants. Here in my house in Northern Idaho, a herd of elephants = 2 children awake and bouncing around cheerfully upstairs.