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Karin Belgrave: Spring Gratitude
A busy mom/working photographer shares how she’s been Spring cleaning by ridding her life of mental baggage and instead, making time for what’s most important. Here, she shows exactly how it’s possible.
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Posted in Family, Inspiration, Sarah's Blog
Tagged brother, business, career, children, cleaning, daughter, family, gratitude, health, home, kids, mother, motherhood, parenting, spring
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Kimberly Allen: Becoming My Own Partner
This Fortytude exemplar took her life into her own hands and in doing so, fell in love with herself. She also became a mother to a beautiful little boy.
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Posted in Family, Fertility, Sarah's Blog
Tagged children, family, fertility, husband, love, marriage, mother, partner
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Deirdre Lewis: Do You Believe?
Sometimes what gets lost in the holiday shuffle, amidst the rush for buying gifts and making every party—is this: Magic. Here’s a sprinkling of it, to boost your holiday cheer.
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Tagged Christmas, gifts, holidays, playstation, Santa, season
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Jennifer Andres: The Ivy League: An Invasive Species
A mom, educator and school counselor offers perhaps one of the best inside looks at education in the United States—old-growth ivy and all.
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Posted in Family, Featured, Sarah's Blog
Tagged academic achievement, Brown, children, college, competitive, Dream Act, Education, Harvard, ivy, Ivy League, kids, Mt. Hood, Oregon, Phil Knight, Portland, Princeton, Republicans, school, Yale
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Bari Nan Cohen: A Sad, Sad Day
October has been Breast Cancer Awareness month and so much of our awareness is centered on pink, the disease and finding a cure. Here is another look, not at the disease, but at our humanness, life and lessons we learn through the lens of friendship. Good friends make up the scaffolding that supports us, and connects us throughout our lives.
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Posted in Family, Inspiration, Sarah's Blog
Tagged breast cancer, cancer, daughters, friendship, love
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Sallie Krawcheck on Being a Mom
Sometimes gifts appear in our lives as we’d least expect them, only to be understood later. Here, one Fortytude exemplar shares how hers helped her to be a better mom.
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Posted in Family, Sarah's Blog
Tagged Bank of America, fired, Fortytude, gifts, mom, Mommy, restructured, Sallie Krawcheck
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August Authors: Barbara Morrison: Let Us Tell Our Stories
“Innocent” author Barbara Morrison shares about how she joined a group she’d been ashamed to be a part of, yet which helped reset the course of her life.
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Posted in Family, Inspiration, Sarah's Blog
Tagged August, author, children, community, expenses, mother, single mother, stigma, welfare
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Guest Blog: Amy Redford: Fourth of July Parade
Fourth of July parades: They’re much more than sunshine-infused trains of community floats. They’re the days of our youth, sweet with popsicles, popcorn and soda. They’re the memories we carry and which tie us to home.
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Posted in Family, Inspiration, Sarah's Blog
Tagged Amy Redford, Fourth of July, mayor, memories, parade, president, Provo, Robert Redford, Sundance, Sundance Resort, Utah, White House
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Poppy Love: Lessons from Nature’s Crimson Flower
The poppy graces the cover of Fortytude—a symbol of strength and grace, yet I’ve come to learn the crimson flower means so much more.
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Posted in Family, Inspiration, Life Skills, Sarah's Blog
Tagged father, Flanders Fields, flower, Fortytude, Grace, Italy, pasta, strength, symbol, Tuscany, wine, women's, WW1
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Guest Blog: Anne Payne on Approaching Adolescence
When kids get older, moms make shifts, too. Here, one Fortytude reader shares how she’s adjusted her role as “Mom,” and how she hopes to inspire her children.
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Posted in Career, Family, Life Skills, Relationships, Sarah's Blog
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