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It’s a snow day here in Georgia. You know, a dust of snow and the whole city shuts down. I laugh about it but really and truly, I love it. These snow days (some of which actually include snow) have slowly become some of my favorite days in life. To me, they’ve served as a […]
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Happy Holidays, friends! My hope is that in the hustle and bustle of the holidays that you can take a minute to look around you and see all of life’s blessings. I hope you make a great new memory, start a new tradition and laugh so hard that you are on verge of wetting your
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It’s that time of year… already! Â New school supplies, new clothes, new shoes and new backpacks. Â So why not take a minute to create New School Year Resolutions? Â But here’s the catch… they can’t be about losing weight or going to the gym, they have to be about spreading love and making a difference. Why
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Wow, what a difference a year makes! It’s been super exciting to see the ways that Kids Boost is growing. Â We went from 3 kids finishing a project to 40 kids. Â These kids raised more than $50,000 for 23 different non-profit organizations. I am beyond excited to see what this next year holds. But I’m
* Almost 300 care packages for our military heroes * More than 200 Blessing Bags for homeless * Dozens of candy bouquets for the caregivers at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta * More than 200 snack bags and inspirational signs for kids in need *Hundreds of cookies decorated to show love * Baskets of rocks painted with
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Black Friday. Cyber Monday.  Giving Tuesday. If you are like me, your credit card is screaming at you to stop right now.  But if you are also like me, you recognize how fortunate you are in life and want to give back and celebrate this Giving Tuesday. So I decided to create a quick check list
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“I have to actually talk to him? “Why can’t we just text?” “What if they say no?” We’ve all heard the excuses. Heck, we probably are all guilty of speaking them. Why on earth would we actually talk to someone when we could just text? You know, that’s why they created texting… it’s quicker and
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“Mom, I’m bored!” Oh the dreaded words.  Bored…. What? How can you possibly be bored? It’s only 7:30 in the morning and the first day of summer! I’m a believer that it’s okay for kids to be bored every once in while.  It allows them to be creative and think outside the box.  However, let’s face it,
“I don’t ever want to go back to Disney World” This was my 8 year old’s statement to me as we prepared for bed last night. WHAT?!?  That was random. Why on earth would he not want to go back and where did this come from? And then it hit me… It wasn’t long ago
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The Kids Boost Experience Written by Caroline (age: 9) With a little help from her mom (age: more than 9) On Wednesday, March 30th I had a special experience that I would like to share. I presented a check for $1,020.00 to the Atlanta Children’s Shelter! I worked with an organization called Kids Boost.
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