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What Happens to One, Happens to All...

Posted 6th November 2009 by Phe, tagged fear, military, Fort Hood

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Part of my job is to deal with death. It's that simple. We have a large response area here and if a Department of Defense aircraft goes down, we're there to deal with it until the owning organization arrives. I've posted about this before, so I won't go into a lot of background now. Instead, I think…

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The Birth of Mom on Reserve

Posted 27th October 2009 by Phe

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When I first joined Work it Mom!, I did so hoping to be inspired to do something a little bit different - perhaps to find some creative spark again. Lylah M. Alphonse proved to be the spark that I needed when she posted a piece on military deployments (read it here) over at her blog, Write.Edit.Repeat. In…

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It Has Begun - The Developmental Avalanche

Posted 23rd October 2009 by Phe, tagged growth

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Yesterday, as I was telling someone about Amelie's latest feats and accomplishments, they said something that struck a chord. They said, "Well, she's turning into a little person!" And that really bugged me. You see, I'm one of those who sees a baby and sees...a little person. Whether the child is less…

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The Potty and Me

Posted 20th October 2009 by Phe, tagged potty training

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And so it has begun... Once upon a time, long, long ago, M and I sat down and decided that at age 18 months, this tiny bundle of...bundle of...well...bundle would start to potty train. It seemed reasonable. We had a friend who had successfully trained each one of her grandchildren at that very age…

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The Perils of Routine

Posted 14th October 2009 by Phe

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AUTHOR'S NOTE: Angella's "Problem Solved" article on the importance of routine today inspired this post. Thank you, Angella. It's been a week and a half since we've moved but it already feels like a lifetime. Part of this is due, in part, to my insistence that everything, yes, everything,…

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