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The Widowhood │ On the Eve of My 40th Birthday Weekend
I remember the days leading up to my 30th birthday. I had just gotten home from Chicago, having attained topic approval for my dissertation for my PhD. I was living with Phil at the shore and for the most part, life was pretty together, but I was totally freaked out about that milestone birthday. I…
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The Widowhood │ Nighttime Reflections
I was 27 years old when I met my husband. I was 37 years old when I was burying him. Three kids, two houses, all of Europe, most of the East coast and a whirlwind of life later, I was alone again. I had met him on a blind date. A coworker of mine had…
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The Hart Home│Life in Pandemic Filled NJ
None of us were expecting for us to come home from Florida at the beginning of March to the world pretty much shutting down. We had taken our son to Disney World and attended my doctoral graduation. It was our first real family trip. We had also finally listed our starter home and were about…
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Has New Jersey Become a Nazi State?
The following is the e-mail that I sent off to my district senator and assemblymen on Friday. I am just so disgusted. I urge you to do the same between now and Monday which is when they will be voting on this bill and these disgusting amendments: Dear Senators and Assemblymen, I am a resident…
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The Hart Home│New Jersey Parents Won the Battle of Religious Freedom
It was 2004 when I really began working with children. I was fresh out of high school and I had began doing summer camp before I went off to college. I remember that part of my life very vividly because it was the beginning of my thinking about becoming a teacher, but more so, I…
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The Hart Home│Religious Freedom is Under Attack in NJ
This Thursday, December 12th, the assembly in NJ will be making a decision concerning religious exemptions in New Jersey for families who do not vaccinate their children due to deeply held religious beliefs but send them to public school. Until now, we have had the freedoms to make the choice to protect our religious beliefs…
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Sponsored│Goumi Kids Pajama Deal
Anyone else have a baby that that would live in pajamas if they could? Logan is OBSESSED with comfy clothes and threw a tantrum when I dared put him in dress pants and a bow tie for Easter. The outfit lasted long enough for maybe two pictures before I put him into a cotton t-shirt…
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The Hart Home│Are you fearful of another pregnancy?
My husband and I do not hide the fact that if God allows it, we would like to have four kids. I would like two of each because I think the idea of everyone having a brother and a sister. However, I really don’t care either way as long as I get one of each…
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Sponsored: 25% off from Bloom’s Today!
Mother’s Day is right around the corner! You can order the moms in your life flowers today that will be delivered in time for Mother’s Day. If you order through my link above, you will also qualify for 25% off your order! Deals are current at the time of the posting. Deals are also subject…
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Are Moms and Dads that Different?
My son has reached a point in his development where he knows that I leave in the morning and he does not like it. He has the most heartbreaking yet oddly adorable cry face too which just means he knows how to pull it out to get me to cave in .1 seconds. He needs…
