inspiring moms! • my world
by Jyl Johnson Pattee on June 14th, 2009 | 1 Comment »
It doesn’t matter how cold it is outside when there is someone in your life—or in your own blogosphere who is willing to warm you up with kindness.
Georgie Johnson, author of the Decisionally Challenged blog, is just that kind of someone. As a married mother of 3 living in Oklahoma, and an avid blogger, she decided to spread a little cheer, right when everyone needed it most.
This past Christmas season Georgie decided to do a little outreach. She create the SSS—
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inspiring moms! • my world
by Jyl Johnson Pattee on June 7th, 2009 | 5 Comments »
A few years ago, Pediatrician Dr. Joanna Dolgoff decided she’d had enough.
She was watching one overweight child after another enter her office. She knew the stats: One in three children are overweight and obese. And 80 percent of those kids will struggle with weight problems as adults. And she…
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inspiring moms! • my world
by Jyl Johnson Pattee on June 3rd, 2009 | 2 Comments »
“There’s no reason A-listers should have all the cool stuff, right?” Resa Troyer asks while we’re talking about the motivation behind her thriving business, Resa Design.
Defined by clean lines and solid colors, Resa’s dream of providing moms with baby and toddler stuff that qualified as “cool…
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by Jyl Johnson Pattee on May 31st, 2009 | 2 Comments »
My family is…well…kind of noticeable in the Czech Republic. And not because we asked for any notoriety, but simply because we posted family pictures on the internet.
Here is the basic story…
This is a family picture we took this past October. I posted it on my blog and Facebook…
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inspiring moms!
by Jyl Johnson Pattee on May 28th, 2009 | 1 Comment »
In an instant—snap your fingers—life as you know it can change.
Just ask the mother of two behind www.ManicMother.com.
It has only been a week since Beth’s youngest son, Ezra was bitten by a spider (or tick). Not long after, Beth noticed her son was lethargic and limping. Back to the…
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inspiring moms!
by Jyl Johnson Pattee on May 24th, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Maureen Day knows what it feels like to experience the joy of pregnancy and the heartbreak of losing that unborn child.
Already a mom to 4 children, Maureen found out she was expecting a new baby in the summer of 2003. She and her husband shared the news with the family…
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inspiring moms!
by Jyl Johnson Pattee on May 21st, 2009 | No Comments »
Inspiration comes in many forms, but for me, right now, it has taken the shape of a petite brunette. She is sitting across from me calmly drinking ice tea as she talks about her drive to ‘give back’. Photographer, Gina Kelly works with more than 20 charities in the St.…
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inspiring moms!
by Jyl Johnson Pattee on April 21st, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Less than 2 weeks ago, something terrible happened.
A mother and father took their little girl to the hospital.
Sweet Madeline Alice Spohr never came home again.
Maddie lived 17 beautiful, amazing months. In that time, she touched lives and brightened the world of everyone who met…
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by Jyl Johnson Pattee on April 21st, 2009 | No Comments »
You may recall I announced a Wisconsin blogger’s get together awhile back. The event was to be part of a campaign put together by the lovely ladies at Mom it Forward and would raise money for a great charity that…
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inspiring moms!
by Jyl Johnson Pattee on April 17th, 2009 | 1 Comment »
For Catherine Connors, becoming a driving force for action in her community did not mean traveling to foreign lands or holding a sign to protest for the causes she believed in. She enacted change with a few keystrokes on her computer.
Catherine is a mother, a blogger,…
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Doctor Gives Up Thriving Pediatric Practice to Help Children With Weight Struggles
