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Brilliant and Clever tea-light lanterns

12/21/2012 nwamamas

By Laurie Marshall Ecclesiastes 1:9 says “What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.” It’s easy to prove this out by taking […]

Getting Healthy for Good: Glaring at the “bright side”

05/10/2012 nwamamas

By Laurie Marshall Being adept at looking on the bright side is one of the most endearing, and simultaneously most annoying coping skills I can claim to have. It has gotten me through some times […]

Getting Healthy for Good: A series of Calgon moments

03/20/2012 nwamamas

By Laurie Marshall Do you remember those commercials for Calgon that featured a woman standing in the midst of family chaos yelling “Calgon… take me away!”. The next shot shows her relaxing leisurely in a […]

Getting Healthy for Good: When he won’t get healthy

02/29/2012 nwamamas

By Laurie Marshall A while back I mentioned that my husband was being treated for high blood pressure. Actually, there was a whole post about it. His doctor has him taking a couple of different […]

Getting Healthy for Good: Eating seasonally, locally

02/03/2012 nwamamas

By Laurie Marshall My sister has been a brilliant menu planner for some time now. I’m always jealous of the images she posts on Instagram and Twitter that look healthy and yummy. Guilt starts to […]

Getting Healthy for Good: So, how’s it really going?

01/13/2012 nwamamas

By Laurie Marshall How many resolutions have you given up on so far? Maybe “given up on” is too strong… have you postponed any? Re-configured one or two? Maybe just switched one out to a […]

Getting Healthy for Good: Bring it 2012

12/30/2011 nwamamas

By Laurie Marshall As many of you are doing this week, I’m ignoring my bathroom scale. Okay, that’s not entirely true. I am stepping on the scale. Then I am looking down at the number. […]

Getting Healthy for Good: The Day of Diet Doom

11/18/2011 nwamamas

By Laurie Marshall Next week. You know it’s coming. The Day of Shame for those of us who are trying to cut calories, count points, avoid carbs, etc… We skip meals the day before in […]

Getting Healthy for Good: Don’t Be a Statistic!

11/04/2011 nwamamas

By Laurie Marshall My sister and I recently spent a week away from our families, our jobs, and our daily responsibilities on a cruise to Mexico, Honduras and Belize. It was (and I’m not paid […]

Getting Healthy for Good: What does healthy look like?

10/07/2011 nwamamas

By Laurie Marhsall You may have seen a Facebook topic that was going around this week that has caused quite a bit of discussion amongst women and the men who love them. It was a […]