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Empty Nexter

Empty Nexter: Spreading your wings in the empty nest

10/11/2011 nwamamas

By Carrie Perrien Smith Now that the dust has settled on back-to-school season, you’ve had a chance to breathe. Maybe you just sent your last child off to college or you just reflected on those […]

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The Rockwood Files: Living in Limbo

10/08/2011 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 When my parents retired and moved to our town a few weeks ago, the plan was to move them into a new condo being built just […]

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Getting Healthy For Good

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 […]

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Military Mama

Military Mama: Measuring true success

10/05/2011 nwamamas

By Jade Stone Last night, while cooking dinner, I was running around frantically trying to squeeze one last load of laundry in between unpacking groceries and getting my 5-year-old ready for a soccer game and […]

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The Rockwood Files

The Rockwood Files: The lizard who ate Orlando

10/01/2011 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 Sometimes the best thing you can do for your work is get away from it. I know this because I’m back from a week’s vacation which […]

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The Rockwood Files: You make me feel like dancin’

09/24/2011 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 There are only two types of people – people who like to dance and people who would rather have their eyebrows removed with a rotary sander. […]

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All Akimbo

All Akimbo: Pretty little baby face

09/23/2011 nwamamas

By Kim Blakely Wow. Oh, wow! Just wow. That’s all I could muster when I saw the screen during my very first ultrasound with this surprise baby last week. All points during my appointment had […]

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Getting Healthy For Good

Getting Healthy for Good: Honey, doctors are our friends

09/23/2011 nwamamas

By Laurie Marshall Here’s the deal… I talk a lot about food and exercise here. It’s not always about losing weight, but that’s the point. My goal for this blog is to share some information […]

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Military Mama

Military Mama: Time heals all wounds … almost

09/21/2011 nwamamas

By Jade Stone I absolutely love this time of year!  The weather is always so amazing, football is just beginning, and the onslaught of holidays begins with Halloween which means .. it’s chocolate season! The […]

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The Rockwood Files: Dirty little homework secret

09/17/2011 nwamamas

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 I’m keeping a dirty little secret from the kids. Sometimes when I’m checking over their homework, I pretend to go to the bathroom or go check […]

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