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Life Lessons: Lauren Messiah
0Check out this gorgeous face and super cool name and remember them because Lauren Messiah is on her way to the top! Remember a few weeks back when I went to Detroit for a meeting with some brands interested in Good Enough Mother? Well Lauren was there too. We hit it off and I was so impressed by her. Read on and you’ll see why and remember, if you want to take part in our Life Lessons feature, drop us a line; we’ll get the questions right out to you!
Are you happy at the moment?
So happy! My More >
The GEM Debate: No Boys On The Field? Fair Or Foul?
1I have a feeling we’re about to open up a whole can of worms here but that’s never stopped us before, now has it?
Okay before I dive into this I need to tell you that my beloved Darling Casey is a softball player this year! Woot! Some of you may know she also plays volleyball but this is the first year she’s decided to give another sport a try. Now, you may also know she’s not the most aggressive kid (very, VERY unlike her brother) and she’s still learning the ropes out there on the field.
I More >
Single Mom Slice Of Life: When The Student (s) Become The Teacher (s)…
0Much to the chagrin of our heroine…
Well, it’s finally happened, I’ve run out of ways to procrastinate… and returned to school. I had the normal butterflies the day before, the panicked, “Oh crap, am I good enough to do this?” thoughts raced frantically through my head. I’m 30-something years old, I have two kids, three dogs, a full time job… and now I have two classes too!?
Okay fine, if we’re going to be honest, it was really more like the, “Oh crap, now more than ever, I have to practice More >
Ask Rene: How Do I Let Go Of My Only Son?
1Hi Rene:
I’ll be thrilled if you can help me. I’ve been running the gamut of emotion lately. For the last several years, after my ex-husband walked out on us, it’s been my son, Jeffrey and me against the world. We shared highs and lows, good times and (a lot of) bad and we’re very close.
That’s the good news. Now the bad, Jeffrey has been accepted to college out of state. I guess that’s not really bad but to be honest, I am worried. I’m worried about him and I’m worried about me, given that More >
Character Counts… How Do You Teach Your Kids?
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There have been some absolutely cringe-worthy stories making headlines lately. Let’s see, there’s the trial of former presidential hopeful John Edwards, accused of using campaign funds to care for his mistress and their baby. There’s former South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford, who told everyone he was going on a long walk but ended up in Argentina, with his mistress (I’m pretty sure he didn’t walk there) and then most recently the case of former Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson, who just left his More >
Monday Morning Motivation: Are You An Approval Junkie? (PODCAST)
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Hola GEMs!
Here’s hoping you had a restful Mother’s Day weekend, complete with and little R and R for you. But now we’re ready to tackle another wonderful week. How do I know it’s going to be great? Hey, you woke up, didn’t you?
You remember last week I talked about building a creative space; about how I feel that when you are stretched beyond what you think is capacity, you are forced to look at things differently. Some of the new ways of looking at things are much better than the old which More >
