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Five Ways Mom Can Take Five Without Her Phone
ByAmy November 1, 2018February 20, 2019

I come to the same place at least a few times a day. A place where I want to temporarily ‘check out’ of my current circumstances. It’s a combination of tiredness from physically caring for my family, and of weariness from near-constant conversation with young children most of the day. I want to tune it…

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Five Reasons to Stop Making Excuses, Bundle Up, and Get Outside with the Kids
ByAmy May 19, 2016May 12, 2020

My relationship with the outdoors, historically, is mixed. I remember enjoying some outside activities when I was growing up in Indiana. As a family, we went hiking in state parks and wandered to the creek near our house. These are fond memories, but I have even more memories of sluggish, sweaty summers of band camp, snow…

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