Processed foods could shave years off of your life. A 2012 study published in the journal Public Health Nutrition found that people who cooked at home at least five times a week were 47% more likely to be alive after 10 years than the people who relied more on processed foods. Accelerated aging The facts:…
Last Lap
Almost August. One last lap of Summer. How are you doing? You wanted to do something important this Summer. Have you made progress? You still have a chance to make it happen! Remember June and the ideas you had for what your summer could be? Have you brought some of those ideas to fruition? …
Summer Suggestions
Ah, Summer. . . time to relax. Or so they say. If you’re a mother of littles, you smile faintly when you hear this phrase and murmur to no one in particular, “Someday”. Or perhaps you’re like me, even after all the children are grown and gone, you have never gotten the hang of relaxing. …
Grit or Grace?
I don’t care for ladders. This may have something to do with my discomfort with heights. (Heights is any time my feet are more than three feet from the ground.) Some of you are snickering at the ridiculousness of my fear, but some of you are nodding with empathy. So in the case of fears,…
Dead End or Bridge?
We make choices all day long; some seemingly small choices. What to eat, what to wear, how we answer an annoying person, whether to tell a white lie, whether to work diligently or slack just a little, whether to take the time to check on a family member. These may not be momentous decisions…
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The Cold Facts about Cold Cereal
Slurp, crunch, munch. What’s cuter than a toddler enjoying her bowl of cereal? But would you feel happy if she were eating three chocolate chip cookies instead of cereal? What if her cereal has the same amount of sugar as three cookies?! If you’re a mom or grandma and you’re reading this blog, I’m guessing…