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What if I told you, that you didn’t have to stuff your kids full of chocolates this Easter? What if I told you, Easter could be fun with half the amount of chocolate you planned to get for them? I know, mind-blowing stuff right? I can smell the Easter eggs and the long weekend already. As much as I am a lover of chocolate and Easter egg hunts, I do feel that we spend way too much money on chocolates! Chocolates that we end up trying to hide from our kids again

I remember a time long long ago, where boys and their toys typically referred to guns, bikes, skateboards…. never dolls! I mean only sissy boys would be playing with dolls right? There was actually a very derogatory word starting with ‘M’ I think, that would be mentioned if an older person ever spotted a boy playing with a doll

I was driving to work one morning after I’d spent an hour doing my makeup, and with a smile, checked myself out in the mirror. Feeling all the feels, and then…

Today I’m reviewing a book from the Young Adults section, titled The Stolen Ones. I think the only thing that was missing for me with the book…as a mom, I wanted to read from that perspective, the mom’s. I don’t mean love per se, because that was an awful awful time, but to broaden my knowledge about what took place, as a lot of the information in the book, is based on fact. The book is a very easy, quick read and I felt while reading it, that this was written for a younger audience.