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Single & Surviving: Life after divorce
By Single Mama After working my part-time job for 9 months, I decided to go back to college and earn a degree in education. I’d earned a business degree 15 years ago so this would […]
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Northwest Arkansas Moms’ favorite catchphrases
Some of our best, most entertaining things on nwaMotherlode come from moms who post comments. And we LOVED the funny comments in a giveaway post where we asked local moms to tell us what their […]
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A new app we love to save/share kids’ art! Plus one that makes chores fun for kids
You know that moment when your kid passes by the trash can and sees his or her most recent masterpiece crumpled and sad in there amongst the brown banana peels and used paper towels? And […]
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Single & Surviving: The financial and emotional fall-out
By Single Mama A few days after he told me about the year-long affair, I told him to move out. Until then, he slept in the playroom upstairs. Even though he was out of the […]
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How To: Organize the dreaded junk drawer
By Holly Shacklett, Co-founder, Simply Organized NWA When Janet and I unpack a client who has just relocated, we work methodically and quickly but we’re both silently wondering who’s going to get “that” kitchen box. […]
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Captivating: A retreat just for women at New Life Ranch, Oct. 5-7
How often do you really take time to refresh your spirit and renew your mind? If that sentence makes you sigh, you might enjoy a retreat coming up the first weekend in October called Captivating […]
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Mom’s Choice Award Winner: Aspire Gymnastics Academy
My 5-year-old daughter Kate practically cartwheeled out of the womb. The kid has not stopped moving since before birth. So I knew early on that I’d need to find an outlet for all that extra […]
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Educational websites to get your kids back in the school groove
I was reading USA today on my smartphone last week and ran across an article that’s definitely share-worthy with fellow mamas. It’s a list of fun, educational websites that will help kids transition from vacation […]
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Top 10 Reasons to Unplug with Other Blogger Chicks at the Arkansas Women Bloggers conference
After some fabulous post-spiration from Lyndi and Angie,we decided to share our own Top 10 Reasons to Drive out to BFE and Unplug with Other Blogger Chicks at AWBU. Apologies to our readers who don’t […]
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Mom’s Choice Winner: New Directions Physician Weight Loss Center
If you’ve ever jumped on the weight loss roller coaster, you likely had lots of company. But we know about a different approach to losing weight here in NWA. It’s a program with proven success […]