family fun • travel
by Shannon Morgan on November 25th, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Travel—My first impression of the Hotel Valley Ho in downtown Scottsdale, Arizona is, “How very Mad Men.” The décor is modern and retro, very 1960s chic. In fact, the hotel first opened in 1956 and, after a recent renovation, has retained its mid-century charm. From lobby to lounge,…
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me • time management • parenting • ages and stages
by Jill Greenlaw on September 12th, 2011 | No Comments »
Sleep—My son came into our room the other night at 11:00 p.m. and told me that he was having a hard time falling asleep. It got me thinking: "What had he been doing all day that would keep him up at night?"
He went to school, did his homework,…
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my world • bettering communities
by Becca Ludlum on April 8th, 2011 | No Comments »
I was at the Cancer Center in Tucson receiving my first chemo treatment for breast cancer. When my husband and I walked out to our vehicle in the parking lot, we noticed the Ben's Bell…
There are thousands of stories like this one on the Ben’s Bells website. Almost 19,000…
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me • relationships
by Jyl Johnson Pattee on September 4th, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I was born and lived 18 years of my life in Mesa, Arizona. And unlike Dorothy, I never quite felt like there was "no place like home."
Instead, I felt like there was no place like my grandma's home. And, I've since felt like there was no place like home…
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