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Celebrate Mom with Diamonds
by Kelly Potts
This Mother’s Day, pull out all the stops and dine with a AAA Diamond-rated restaurant. With more than 70 AAA Four and Five Diamond properties across the state, you have plenty of options to wow Mom with a diamond quality brunch this weekend. AAA Travel experts have pulled together a sampling of four Mother’s Day...
Mom's Moment: My Interview with Elmo
When I was little, I had bunkbeds. I slept on the bottom, and all my "friends" slept on top. Seriously, I had a top bunk full of stuffed animals. And everyone had a name. And I talked to them as if they were real. Big Bird being my favorite.
Every night my two year old goes to sleep with four special friends: Lion, Ducky, Monkey and Beluga. (Yes, we're very creative when it comes to names.) However, he recently added a 5th friend to his nightly sleepovers... Elmo.
One could say our household has a slight Elmo obsession. We have Elmo...
A New Leaf: Telling Untold Stories, One Mother’s Hope
by Candy Thompson
She spent her early childhood in suburbia, never realizing how difficult it was for her mother, a single parent, to maintain that home and provide for her family’s needs. Stephanie didn’t understand she was living in an unstable home. Her father was in and out of her life until he left for good when she was twelve years old. “That’s when I first learned what it was like to be homeless,” she said. “I can remember hiding under bridges on many rainy nights, trying to keep dry.”
“My mom never complained as a single parent and I didn’t realize how difficult it was for her raising...
Mom's Moment: Mother's Day Movie Night
My ideal Mother's Day isn't overspending on brunch or opening lavish gifts- instead, I really truly sincerely want to spend QT with my family. And of course, the ideal QT would include some R&R considering, like you, I'm non-stop 24/7.
This year, Redbox offered some movie lists naming fun flicks to get in the Mother's Day and Father's Day spirit. Included below are new releases and all time favorites. Might spark an idea for a Mother's Day movie night.
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Mom's Moment: 5 Facts About Ovarian Cancer
Growing up, I was invincible. Now that I’m older—and especially a mom—I’ve realized life has a beautiful beginning, middle, and inevitable end, and it is my job as a mother to take care of myself and last as long as I can for my children.
I’ve become extremely connected to an Arizona-based platform called Colleen’s Dream. This amazing organization is spearheaded by a band of sisters who lost their mother to...
