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Big debate at my house this morning on how Clifford grew to be such a big, red dog. Was it really E.E.'s love?

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Raising Bird Watchers?

1/12/12 11:33am by Ginny Marie
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One of our favorite places to visit is the Nature Center. It's a beautiful place along the river in a forest preserve not far from our house. Huge cages sit in a row along a walking path. Each cage holds one animal that has been rescued and can now longer survive out in the wild. There is a skunk whose scent gland was removed when she was a pet, and a bald eagle who was hit by a car. One of her wings is missing. There is a red-tailed hawk, a barred owl and a Great Horned Owl.   Read more >

It's a Brown World

1/9/12 6:08am by Ginny Marie
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"I wike bown." the little three year old girl said. She was circling her paintbrush loaded with brown paint around and around on her smooth paper."I like brown, too," I replied, a little surprised. Most preschool girls reach for the pink and purples paints. But this paint was a nice brown color, smooth and rich.  Read more >

The Relevance of Reading

1/6/12 7:39am by Ginny Marie
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Sometimes you love a book because of the relevance to your life. It might be a book that ordinarily wouldn't move you the way that it does, or would be a fun read but isn't particularly meaningful to the way you live. This is one of those books; a book that ordinarily I would have enjoyed reading. At the time that I read it, however, this book held great significance for me.  Read more >

Celebrities with Cancer: An Annoying "Trend"

7/23/10 7:03am by Ginny Marie
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Why am I so turned off when I hear about yet another celebrity has been diagnosed with breast cancer?  I have no interest in hearing celebrities who have been diagnosed with cancer tell their stories.  Maybe it's because I know I totally will not relate to them.  Their famous lives are already so far apart from mine; how could their cancer story even possibly be close to mine?  Come on, Sheryl Crow--appearing in a hair color commercial so soon after you had breast cancer treatment?  Did you even have chemo like the rest of us?  Or are those only hair e  Read more >

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Full Name
Ginny Marie
Member Since
December 2009
About Me: 

I'm a stay-at-home mom with two young daughters who challenge me every day. I am also a breast cancer survivor of thirteen years.

Profession: 
teacher, SAHM
Location: 
Chicago, IL
About Me Tags: 

family,motherhood,breast cancer

Favorite Tags: 

books,scrapbooking

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