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My Birthday Stars

My Birthday Stars: the Harp, the Hunter, and the Bird ~~~~~~By Sarah Lolley~~~~~~ I always come back to the stars – the same distant balls of gaseous twinkling that started a life’s worth of dreaming and conjuring. It’s my birthday and I feel old, a gypsy, a storyteller, a mother with children hiding under her [...]

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Haha Holiday Cards

~~~~~ by Sarah Lolley~~~~~~ This maybe a little late but here is a collection of my crazy haha holiday cards.

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Glowing Backyard Terds

The Ghost of Christmas Past: Glowing Backyard Terds ~~~~~By Adeline Kovae’~~~~~ As I climb into bed on this chilly December evening the fluorescent green glow of the dog poop in the back yard brings a smile to my face. It reminds me of the fun of Christmas day and the living room battlefield inspired by [...]

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Shining Light Prenatal Education founder Deena Blumenfeld

Becoming Mama starts before Birth  Shining Light Prenatal Education celebrates their first year. ~~~by Sarah Lolley~~~ Deena Blumenfeld’s Inspiration from Sarah Lolley on Vimeo. It seems like yesterday I was waddling into Deena Blumenfeld’s prenatal yoga class to calm my hormonal nerves because, well, drinking was not an option. Her Thursday night class was the [...]

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Adventures in the Dark: The Great Sandy Survival

The Shortest Distance Can be the Longest Journey ~~~~~~~By Georgette Pascale – Founder and CEO of Pascale Communications~~ For those of us who live in the New York tri-state area, the Superstorm known as Sandy presented some very unique challenges.  I was luckier than many because my family is safe and my home is pretty [...]

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JetWetters: Mini-Van Madness

Roadtrip UTI ~ ~~~~~~by Adeline Kovaè~~~~~~ JetWetters, yeah, I’ve read it.  Some of the stories are humorously horrifying, but those aren’t the stories for the lower class folks like my family.  Let’s face it, when it costs a family of five over $2500 round-trip to fly on a 90 minute ride to PGH from ATL compared [...]

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JetWetters: Washington D.C. or Bust

The Perfect Storm: A Trip to D.C. with My Children and a Grumpy Walrus ~~~~~~ by Sarah Lolley~~~~~~ Sometimes my logic amazes me. When my husband received the opportunity to attend a recent industry meeting in Washington, D.C., I insisted that we must all go…two toddlers, a baby, and our Confederate Jew grandpa. The idea [...]

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Jetwetters – A.M. takes on D.C.

Visiting the President: Accidental Mama Style! ~ by Sarah Lolley This is my first installment of our Washington, D.C. trip. I was really struck at how little election paraphernalia there was about. You would have never guessed there was a heated fight going on for the biggest piece of real estate – the White House. I [...]

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The Village: Election Issue

Early Education and Child Care: Obama vs. Romney Before my mother became a single mom, I was fortunate to have experienced a stay-at-home mom before the d-word (divorce) sent my mom back to school. Then we moved to be closer to an entire village of relatives that became my extended parents. My granny’s house was [...]

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Purposefully Accidental

~~~~ by Adeline Kovaè~~~~~ Zombie Day for Mummy~~~~~ So who decided Halloween was a kids’ holiday anyway?  It had to be some single man. This one day of the year I don’t have to shower. My clothes don’t have to match let alone be clean without a wrinkle.  I can leave the Fabreeze and perfume [...]

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