Monthly Archives : May 2016

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Blog Log #5: Teacher Summers


Time for another installment of the Blog Log! This time I bring you a super fun blog that is created by a “music teacher by day, traveller by summer”: Teacher Summers.  This gal is a newly crowned member of the Travelers’ Century Club, which means she has travelled to at least 100 countries!  And she’s only in her early 30s.  Pretty impressive!…

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“Happy Mom” vs. “Supermom”


Guest post by Momma D I love words. I love the sounds they make: “bubbling”, “lugubrious”, “exuberance.” I love the images they conjure: “the snow dusted the ground, a thin layer of confectioner’s sugar.” There are a few words I don’t love, however. Words like “hate”, “selfish”, “worthless.” I’ve recently added a word to this list of unloved terms –…

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Happy Mother’s Day!


Mother’s Day is here again!  It’s funny how the perception of mothers has evolved, in terms of the best mothering strategies. There’s been great strides with regards to motherhood, with feminism in terms of both womanhood and motherhood. Working mothers is more of an unavoidable reality for many families, and it is less taboo to work outside of the home. …

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