“And this be our motto- ‘In God is our trust!'” The congregation of my church belted out those words in the third verse of the Star Spangled Banner over the weekend. The verse permeated through me as tears streamed down my…
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I know I’m not alone in my feelings of hating being in the car, especially when it involves small children for more than an hour or two. Road trips with kids can be torture. You may…
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It was 1997. Oh how twenty years flies! I was sitting in my sophomore honors English class at Hillcrest High School. We had just been instructed by Ms. Sandy Clark to write a letter to ourselves to…
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If we had a dollar for every time someone asked us what the best places are to visit in Washington, D.C., we’d be rich women. It’s either that, or if friends have visited our nation’s capital before,…
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Looking for some good patriotic reads for your kids? Well, it just so happens to be Children’s Book Week and we’ve got our favorite lineup of patriotic children’s books ready to share with you. Most of these…
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I could tell you about the time I hit a parked car in college while an old boyfriend watched nearby, or how when I was a reporter I filmed the wrong house for a…
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Have you heard of the White House Easter Egg Roll? It’s basically a giant Easter themed festival/party that takes place on the South Lawn of the White House every Monday after Easter. This year’s Egg Roll is on…
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Teach your Children to Serve and Spread Some Love this Valentine’s Day By Brittany It’s no secret that we live in a world where we are encouraged to think of ourselves as often as possible. There are entire…
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By: Andrea I don’t recall how many wedding presents my husband and I gave this past year. A half dozen, maybe more? But I can easily count how many thank you cards we got in return: two. Just two.…
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By: Brittany I’m definitely a big city kind of girl. The skyscrapers, the hustle and bustle, sights and sounds of coming and going, the shopping, the eating, the lights, the feeling of something always happening–I love…
