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  1. Money, Money, Money

    5/22/12 4:28pm by njgeiger
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    The first morning Brittany was home from college she had a dentist appointment. I gave her my credit card. When she got home she told me about a woman there who was getting all veneers and how perfect they looked. She said, “I’d like to do that!”I said, “So would I.” And took my card back.  Read more >

  2. College Kids Concerned Too

    4/27/12 1:09pm by njgeiger
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    Brittany’s first experience voting in a Presidential election reminded me of my first time. We both voted for the loser. On election day she told me that Facebook had a running poll where the people who voted would say who they voted for and she said it was running neck and neck: about 1 million for each candidate. She laughed when she read me one boy’s away message on his profile page, “Gone to vote. Don’t forget those of you who are Obama supporters, your voting day is Wednesday the 5th”!  Read more >

  3. Only A Phone Call Away

    4/17/12 9:54am by njgeiger
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    When Brittany got around to using the blender we recently gave her and realized she had received our older one she called to ask why we hadn’t given her the new one?John told her it’s called “hand me down” not “hand me up”!She has become quite domesticated since she moved into her apartment. She calls often with questions about recipes and ingredients. She also delights in buying new kitchen items and calls to describe them to me as she unpacks them from her shopping bag: a pink skillet, 15 lemon scented trash bags, etc.  Read more >

  4. Senior Year

    3/20/12 6:06pm by njgeiger
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    Brittany has started her senior year and she says she “should” graduate on time. There was a point a couple years ago where she said she might do a “victory lap”. That’s what the kids call a 5th year.Everyone is a spin-doctor nowadays!She moved into an apartment 2 weeks before school started. Right before the move she called to ask when we were coming to visit. She had been wanting to get us out there to see the resort she was working at all summer.  Read more >

  5. Show and Tell

    3/4/12 1:31pm by njgeiger
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    Brittany called the house phone the other day and since I had been talking to her on my cell phone just a few minutes earlier I asked if she was trying to reach her dad.   She said, “No, I was just playing Parental Lottery!” As usual she was walking between classes. And also as usual she was holding multiple conversations and getting me in the middle of them. I think half the kids at Western have said “Hi Mom” to me!Brittany has always used me for show and tell. Maybe that’s why I like writing about her – pay back!  Read more >

  6. Parents aren’t done when their kids turn 21

    2/21/12 3:29pm by njgeiger
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    Parents aren’t done when their kids turn 21  New parents are often told that this little baby, this precious gift from God, is theirs to nurture for 18 years. It’s a lie.   Read more >

  7. Pets

    1/31/12 5:37pm by njgeiger
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    Brittany’s fish died. I knew when she told me she got them; they wouldn’t be long for this world. My mom never let us have pets when I was growing up. Now I’m convinced it’s because she knew about the family gene. We can’t keep houseplants or pets alive. Most of my houseplants have slowly been replaced by artificial. I have a few live ones left and I try to leave them alone. The really sad thing is; some of my artificial plants are even losing leaves!   Read more >

  8. Rush

    1/24/12 7:04pm by njgeiger
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    Brittany spent the first two weeks of this semester living out of her suitcase. Western Carolina has Rush right after Christmas break and she was a one of the girls who removed themselves from their sororities to work with the girls going through Rush. They couldn’t have anything on their person or car that showed which sorority they belonged to and couldn’t live in their sorority house or have contact with their sisters during that time so they wouldn’t sway the voting for or against the Rushees.   Read more >

  9. A Short Christmas Visit

    1/12/12 2:39pm by njgeiger
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    My daughter Brittany had a month off over Christmas, but because she works at the hotel in Dillsboro, she was only home for 6 days. Both John and I were ordered to take the 6 days off to play with her and give her undivided attention the whole time.   Read more >

  10. Look at Me!

    12/5/11 12:41pm by njgeiger
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    I was recently listening to Greg Laurie on the radio and he mentioned a USA Today poll of Millennials, young Americans born after 1982, who said what they wished for most in life, is to be rich and famous. We certainly see this with You Tube and some of the crazy things that go on. But, I thought it was interesting that he related it to the fact that this generation of kids grew up with a camera in their face every time they did anything. First smile, first tooth, first haircut, first day of school, first job…   Read more >

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Nancy Geiger is a freelance writer specializing in press releases for businesses and web content. She also writes about non-profits and notable people for one newspaper and has a column on parenting her college age daughter long distance in two other newspapers. In March of 2009 she added book editor to her resume.

She owns an online print on demand store, givitup, writes 4 daily blogs "What I Learned Teaching Sunday School,"  "Starting an Online Store Called givitup," "Our Empty Nest" and "A Brides Cookbook Blog" and recently published a cookbook, 'A Bride's Cookbook or Surviving the First Year' both in e-book format at http://www.abridescookbook.com/cookbook and in print form at http://www.cafepress.com/givitup.199111534
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