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Set, Accomplish and Make New Lifestyle Goals

March 21, 2017

This is a sponsored post. All views, opinions and lifestyle goals are my own. We are somehow nearing the end of March and I can’t even believe that it is the third month of the year. It feels like we were just setting our New Years goals. Now here we are, almost a 1/4 of the […]

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One More Day Campaign | The Modern Fort | Cancer Awareness

Three years ago when I was scrolling my Instagram feed I read something that touched me. Something that made me think a littler hard and feel a little deeper. This something was the launch of The One More Day Campaign. The Modern Fort and Arrow House joined forces to raise awareness and money for those […]

February 27, 2017

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At the end of last year I shared the sad news that we had received about my sister’s cancer diagnosis. The kind messages, many prayers being sent and the support given at that time was so abundant. Since I shared the post “Please Pray“,

February 6, 2017

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Lifestyle Goals Update and Benefits of drinking more water

This post is sponsored by Nestlé Pure Life. All views, opinions and lifestyle goals are my own. Last month I shared my lifestyle goals in the post, “Setting Realistic Lifestyle Goals + Free Printable“. Today, I want to share an update on how well I have done with accomplishing my goals, the changes I’ve seen […]

February 3, 2017

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Baby in carseat | Maxi Cosi Infant Car Seat

This Maxi Cosi carseat post and giveaway is sponsored. All views and opinions are always my own. Since becoming a mom of three, I have realized how much more diligent I need to be with my time. Everything seems to take much longer then I expect, especially getting out the door.  On a typical day […]

January 28, 2017

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Mother and Daughter Family Christmas Photos

“World Breast Pumping Day is a day to honour the love in every ounce,” says Wendy Armbruster Bell, the founder of Snugabell. Tomorrow, Jan 27, 2017, is the first ever World Breast Pumping Day. It is a day that was made to celebrate the hard work and dedication that mothers put in when they are […]

January 26, 2017

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This post is sponsored by Nestle Pure Life. All views and opinions are my own. As we start the first week of the new year I want to speak/write out some goals (on our weekly goals free printable download) that I plan to integrate into my life in an effort to create a healthier lifestyle […]

January 10, 2017

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Mother and Daughter Twinning | Thoughts on what it means to become a mother and when that day comes at different ages for your children.

When is it that you become a mother, when you get pregnant or when the baby is born? Or what about for those that don’t go through the birthing process, the mothers that become mothers by other means, like step-parenting or adoption. For each person the time they truly felt like they became a mother […]

January 7, 2017

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Hope Sugar Cookie | Prayer Request

I have had a hard time gathering my thoughts around the news that I am about to share, but I know I must to ask you to please pray. Writing it out makes it seem all the more real, and frankly it is something that I very badly do not want to believe is true. […]

December 30, 2016

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