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Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Family Tides

A Housewife’s Guide To The Law of Attraction

Ever since the best-selling book/video The Secret was released a few years ago, the hot topic of ‘The Law of Attraction’ has been tested over and over again. Fear not; if you haven’t manifested your dream yet—let a housewife show you the way.

I’ll never forget how I first learned about ‘The Law of Attraction.’ It had nothing to do with my wearing Jean Nate after bath splash and landing a date with the cute guy who drove the Del’s Lemonade truck through our neighborhood when I was 17 and could actually work a pair of Daisy Duke hot pants.  No — this was another life defining moment for this gal, and I have Ellen DeGeneres to thank for it. It was the fall of 2007, and our youngest was about to turn 2.  She was teething, cranky, couldn’t get comfortable — did I mention she was absolutely miserable?  I decided to sit and cuddle with her after I had loaded her up with children’s Motrin, so we plopped ourselves on the couch and I started flipping the remote to find something decent …

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Family Tides

Going Through 'The Change'

It's inevitable that the change was coming - but now that I've gotten a taste, all I can do is embrace it.

Well, I’m almost 48 and it’s finally starting to happen.  They said it would, and because I didn’t become a mother until the ripe age of 30 while most of my closest friends were already sending their kids off to high school, I didn’t believe them.  It just seemed so far away for me.  Seeing that our last child flew the coop to all-day Kindergarten this year, I knew there would be certain changes that would come my way, but I kind of assumed that I wouldn't be paying attention to this until much later in life. It’s not like we’re totally empty nesters yet and I have all day to take care of this type of thing. My husband, on the other hand, is not sure quite what to make of all this. After all, he’s used to getting me as a cold leftover that…

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