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Mother’s Centers Make Motherhood Easiergiving back • moms making a difference
It can be so easy to feel isolated as a mother, particularly if you work at home. Tending constantly to the needs of your children can leave little time for your needs, unless you make a point of making time for yourself. I myself am a strong advocate…
RaiJean Stroud Lives to Tell Others About Heart Diseasegiving back • moms making a difference
RaiJean Stroud is all about fashion. She owns five pairs of high-heeled leopard shoes. She is obsessed with a Tadashi Shoji cutout jersey boatneck black dress. She has never met a sale she didn't like. She is the young mother of a three-year-old boy, the proud owner…
Katie Terry-Corbridge: Paralyzed But Far From Powerlessgiving back • moms making a difference
I remember visiting my cousin Trevor and his wife Katie in the hospital the day after they were in a horrible car accident that paralyzed Katie from the waist down, ten years ago. They were a young couple, just married two years with a toddling son, on a date. In…
Sloane Berrent: The Causemopolitangiving back • moms making a difference
"Philanthropy, giving back, inspiring others to find something they care about—to start small, start anywhere—has always been part of my DNA," says Sloane Berrent, founder of TheCausemopolitan.com. She's not kidding. She started small, but has indeed found her inspiration and passion in helping others over the years. In fourth grade,…
Jamie Martin Shines as a Steady Mom and Homeschoolergiving back • moms making a difference
Writer and spiritual activist Marianne Williamson once said, “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. We ask ourselves, 'Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?' Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child…
Danielle Smith Fights Against Child Hungergiving back • moms making a difference
There are so many humanitarian causes that you could get wrapped up in if you really thought about it. Thinking about small kids dieing painfully from pneumonia in Africa, for instance, can get your heart going. So can pondering what life must be like for kids growing up without parents …
