Archive for December, 2011
So… What’s Cookin’?
5Happy New Year’s Eve everyone! Are you as excited about it as I am? 2011 was a year of great growth for Good Enough Mother and we’ll begin 2012 with that same bit of deep thought, coupled with contemplation and goal setting. You know how I’m gonna do it? Staring into a big bowl of black-eyed peas!
According to Wikipedia the custom of eating black-eyed peas on New Year’s came from Sephardi Jews who settled Georgia around 1730 and would eat them on the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashana. That More >
Life Lessons: Jeffrey Broadnax
0In the Life Lessons Hot Seat today, Jeffrey Broadnax. A devoted husband and man of deep faith, I am pleased to be able to call him friend, even if it’s on Facebook. Listen to what’s he’s learned over the years and remember if you want to take part in our little exercise, drop us a line.
Are you happy at the moment?
Yes I am overall. There are unfulfilled dreams that I struggle with and struggle towards but I consider myself to be quite blessed.
If you could go back and say anything to More >
Retro Rene: Ask Rene-My Mother-in-Law Is A MONSTER!
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Hey all!
We’re takin’ it easy this week here at Good Enough Mother and to that end, we’ve got some pieces lined up that you may have missed the first time around. Enjoy this “Retro Rene” post and we’ll be back at full steam at the beginning of the year. Cheers!
Dear Rene,
I got married a few months ago. My husband was very romantic, funny, loving and caring before we got married. He used to work abroad but after we got engaged, he had some problems with his job so he quit. His mom was pretty More >
Guest Posting: Living Life With Profound Purpose
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I was convinced that my 50th birthday would be the beginning of a rapid decline toward bad health and dependency on others. The first signs were sure to be the onset of dementia, an immediate loss of hearing and uncontrollable incontinence.
Of course, I was wrong. The day came and went and I started my sixth decade on earth just as I ended my fifth—with full cognitive functionality, hearing (albeit impaired) and the ability to control my bladder largely intact. I More >
Retro Rene: Ask Rene.. Should I Tell On The Office Cheat?
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Hey all!
We’re takin’ it easy this week here at Good Enough Mother and to that end, we’ve got some pieces lined up that you may have missed the first time around. Enjoy this “Retro Rene” post and we’ll be back at full steam at the beginning of the year. Cheers!
Hi Rene,
Love your website and your point of view… that’s why I need your help! I work as a secretary at a building company and we all seem to get along except for one girl, Michelle, who is very bossy and shall we say “slightly”, More >
Life Lessons: Holly Pavlika
3Powerhouse. Awesome. Driven. Focused. Compassionate. Oh brother, there is no way I can say all the things I feel about this woman without coming off as a complete and total suck-up. It is a risk I am willing to take. I met Holly earlier this year when Candace Derickx (who wrote this fabulous piece for GEM) heard me speak at Disney Social Media Moms and decided we had to know one another. Holly’s a big, damn deal; she has two jobs, one as managing director at Big Fuel Communications and the More >
