Kids Healthy Snacks - Articles
Good and the Bad
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Carrie Ostrea
It has been a rough couple of months. I still feel like we aren’t anywhere close to being settled in this new “special needs parenting” life. I guess it is a process, a journey, and not a quick sprint to a destination. Along the way, I have seen the “real” in people in my life. I look at people like my brother-in-la ...
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Being “In the Moment” Amid Today’s Technology
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Melissa H.
My latest blog post over at WeAretheRealDeal.com. Read it here or after the jump. I had an interesting conversation with my mom and sister when I was home in N.J. last weekend.We were talking about Facebook, and my mom (who is active on Facebook herself) admitted how disconcerting it is to her when she sees someone at a concert, on a date, watchin ...
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Why health care reform matters: This could be any of us
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Francine H.

(Note: A friend asked me to post this here. She is a real person with a real job who doesn’t want to be identified, for reasons that will be apparent when you read it. Her story is all too familiar. It’s really time for Congress to stop the games and get this done.)I’m having to face some difficult choices, primarily to decide the ...
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Sue Patrick's Workbox System Review
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Take Root and Write ..
After hoping and praying for a baby for ten years, Sue Patrick recieved a beautiful bundle of joy from her Heavenly Father. Grief was to follow, though, when her son was diagnosed at the age of two with Autism while Sue was working on her master's degree from North Carolina State University and getting ready to give birth to her daughter. She got t ...
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Health Headlines - November 6
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Meredy

Democrat Predicts Passage of House Health Reform BillA historic health-care bill that has the support of highly influential groups, such as the AARP and the American Medical Association, is expected to have the 218 votes needed to pass a House vote on Saturday, according to second-ranking House Democrat Steny Hoyer.He acknowledged that the vote cou ...
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Forever Families
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Sondra ..


My son is an only child. Since his father and I divorced, I have changed my mind, nearly a dozen times, about having a second or even third child. My biological clock is ticking, and yet, I know that there are thousands of children that need a permanent address and I don’t know if I could bring another child into this world when there are so ...
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