Category: The Samantha Years
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Bringing a little culture to Children’s….and to Mama
I am very fortunate to be surrounded by smart, worldly people. A couple years ago, my friend Deana realized her son Max LOVED the opera. Max’s diagnosis is different than Samantha’s but many issues are similar. As a smart mom of one of our kiddos, she knew she needed to foster Max’s love and excitement…
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Death Sucks
My friend Heidi lost her friend Cat today to breast cancer. I never knew Cat. But Heidi and I would talk about her and what she was going through. A couple weeks ago she sent me Cat’s Caringbridge site so I could follow her story. I was so touched by her story, her strength and…
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Word to My Mothers
This is a day late (and as always I’m a dollar short 🙂 We had a great Mother’s Day. We were at home. I went on two bike rides. I was showered with gifts and two types of pie. And we had a wonderful lunch on the patio with my mom, stepdad, brother and my…
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My Linky is Stinky
Word to my peeps for QA’ing my posts. Laura, I need to hire you to manage….well….me 🙂 My Get Born link from yesterday doesn’t work! So here it is today: Get Born Blog Check out Heather Janssen’s post tomorrow for words of wisdom and free swag. 🙂
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Becoming a Mother is Like…….
Happy Mother’s Day dear readers! Ya’ll know how much I love Get Born Magazine. This week they are running five different posts on the topic; Becoming a Mother is Like from five different bloggers. I’m Friday! And here is my mother comparison: Becoming a mother is like going on safari; becoming one with my inner…
Samsmom: Life, Joy, Loss and Loving your Mitochondria 