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Practicing Gratitude: When gratitude doesn't come easily

Sometimes it takes someone on the outside to plant a seed of thought that, over time, helps you to see things more clearly and...

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Practicing Gratitude: Accepting the big girl bed

Sometimes, things like toddler and big girl beds carry with them the fear that our children are growing up more quickly than we’re...

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Practicing Gratitude: Parenting and change

If I’ve come to understand anything about parenting, it’s that just when you think you have figured out how your kids work, they...

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Practicing Gratitude: Book notes

Some of my happiest memories from my childhood are of being curled up on my bed with a great book. Here are a handful of the books...

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Practicing Gratitude: Find your whimsy

With all of the parenting stresses we carry around with us, it's all too easy to take life too seriously. Here's how to relax, live...

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Practicing Gratitude: iPhone apps for fostering gratitude

For what are you most grateful for today? Can you list five things? Sometimes it's tough to see all of the good things in our life,...

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If you're grateful and you know it, write a note!

Thank you notes are a lovely way to show others that you truly appreciate them. By teaching our kids why and how to write them,...

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Rocky Road and Rainbows: Losing a father and appreciating life

I lost my father before I even had the chance to know him. Although I have no real memories of him, he managed to leave me with the...