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No One Thinks It Could Happen to Them

Protect Yourself from Home Burglary

Almost 6 years on my birthday our home was burglarized. This post is on tips on how to protect yourself from home burglary based on things I learned going through the experience. Twice.

What are the chances?! My family’s home was burglarized when I was 11 and then my own family’s home was burglarized as an adult.

No one was home, or hurt, either time, which was the most important thing, but once you are the victim of a crime like this, you are never quite the same. Which is why I wanted to write this post – in the hopes that some of these tips on how to protect yourself from home burglary might keep it from happening to one of you.

The truth is, no one thinks it could happen to them. I see neighbors leave windows wide open when they are not home, and I cringe, because I know, it can happen.

I am going to share my most important tip first. Please do this today, like after reading this post…

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You Say It’s Your Birthday

Five years ago today, on August 18th, I sent out an email to everyone in my address book announcing the “birth” of my new baby ~ Tiny Oranges. My stomach was in knots and I felt a little nauseous. Months and months of work had been put into creating my blog. It was a true… Continue reading You Say It’s Your Birthday

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Finding Your Mommy Mojo

Finding Balance in Motherhood

Awhile back I got an email from a reader suggesting a post on finding balance in motherhood, which to me is like finding the Holy Grail.

Balance is something most every mom wants to find, but the truth is most times something has to give.

But finding what I like to call your Mommy Mojo, that’s another thing. Those are the times when you think, “Hey! Things are cruising along! I got this! I feel good!” Love those times.  

The secret to finding your Mommy Mojo starts with you. When you take time to make sure you are taking care of yourself in addition to the gazillion roles in your family, you will be on your way to finding your Mommy Mojo. I promise.

But here’s the thing, the journey is cyclical…

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A lesson in listening to your body.

Recently I was diagnosed with a new disease called eosinophilic esophagitis.

As I was listening to the doctor telling me about how it is a relatively new disease that has been on the rise over the last decade, I thought, are you kidding me?  Who gets a new disease?

Me.

I wanted to share my experience with eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) as I never know who might land on this post and have some advice to offer.

I also wanted this to be a post to be a reminder of the importance of listening to your body. Our body will usually tell us if something is not right, which was the case with me and my “new” disease.

Periodically over the last year or so I would get…

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