Little Girl Rises above Challenges of Autism, Inspires Parents to Open Therapy Center
May 22, 2013 – 6:34 am | One Comment

In 2005, Tommy and Amanda Shannon were blessed with a beautiful baby girl. They named her Lily and she was going to grow up to be anyone or anything she wanted to be. When Lily …

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Our Adoption Story–The Beginning
November 7, 2008 – 12:27 am | No Comment

In honor of National Adoption Month, we are pleased to hear from Melissa. She moved to Colorado at the tender age of 19 and currently resides with her wonderful husband and herd of canines. …

If you can’t take the heat….
November 6, 2008 – 12:00 am | No Comment

Our society is so squeamish about death. Until the last six or seven decades, I imagine that death was not so hidden. During agricultural times, I think we were used to farm animals dying and …

Whatever the outcome of the election, the grandkids will not live with me
November 5, 2008 – 12:23 am | No Comment

It is the Sunday night before the election. It’s hard to tell what this coming week will bring. These ramblings will post the day after the election. I am hoping that there …

The Big Day
November 4, 2008 – 12:00 am | No Comment

[photopress:vote_1_2.jpg,thumb,pp_image]I think you all have figured out by now I am a political junkie. Well, let’s just say I know enough to be dangerous. But today is certainly a relief. I am ready for the …

The Great Adventure, Right in Your Backyard
November 3, 2008 – 12:12 am | No Comment

I spent my final semester of college on a study abroad in the Middle East. Our campus was on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem and we traveled frequently around the region. We floated in …

Preserve Your Family’s Memories with our Clickfree Portable Backup Giveaway (a $159 value)
November 2, 2008 – 12:00 am | Comments Off

[photopress:clickfree.jpg,full,pp_image]If there is anything mamas love it’s pictures of their children. And if you’re anything like me you have a slew of them saved on your computer.
According to Harris Research, only 4 percent of consumers …

Halloween Picture Contest Winner!
November 1, 2008 – 12:00 pm | Comments Off

[photopress:animal_abuse.jpg,full,pp_image]Determining the winner for our Halloween Cutest Kid Picture Contest was a tough one. Why? Your BOOS were absolutely darling.
And so I delegated the responsibility to Cheri of Summit Cove, who chose Laurie G.’s hilarious …

The Anti-Sugar Ad From Mile High Mamas (Consider Yourself Warned)
October 31, 2008 – 12:13 am | Comments Off

This is sugar.
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This is your child on sugar (when over-consumption deludes the young child to think she can leap off the arm of the couch and land on her face without consequence.)
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Any questions?
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!!!!
Love,
The Mamas
P.S. …

Pat the Tummy
October 30, 2008 – 12:00 am | No Comment

It is enthralling, isn’t it?
I remember as a young woman shyly asking a cousin if I could touch her very pregnant belly. I was curious what it felt like. A waterbed? A balloon? A …

Gotta be cruel to be kind
October 29, 2008 – 12:09 am | No Comment

If my son forgets to wear a coat on a chilly October day, he experiences cold.
If my daughter forgets to bring the lunch I pack for her, she experiences hunger.
Neither experience will cause lasting damage …