Parenting & Lifestyle Blog By Carissa Godbott
“This post is sponsored by the Aetna Foundation. All opinions are my own.” Focusing on your health is very hard to do in a city that loves food like Cleveland. One of the things I like to do is read holiday health tips before the holiday to ensure I don’t go overboard…because the tips will be in the back of…
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I have so much that Im thankful for this year! I cant believe we are wishing each other a Happy Thanksgiving! Seems like the days have gone by so fast! Usually on the holidays I just say Happy Thanksgiving and leave it at that on my blog…but this year I would like to say a couple of things that I am…
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This holiday season for our family kicks off on Thanksgiving. Last year on Thanksgiving we got up early and headed to the hospital to visit Darrick II, we spent a few hours with him so we could get back and spend the rest of the day with family and our other two kids. As this year approaches I can’t help…
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In the Fall, apples are EVERYWHERE!!! You can have them for a snack, in a pie, for breakfast, lunch or dinner…they are perfect for anything! As the holiday approaches, I find myself wanting something “GOOD” to eat on a daily basis. I mean I eat pretty good on a regular but I want something REAL GOOD…different from the norm. My kids…
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I dont get many days off because I am a mom to a 1 year old and 3 year old and a SAHM. On the weekend and evenings I get a break here and there because my husband is off. If I had a day off I would want to spend it with my husband. We spend all of our…
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So, when I got married I knew there were a lot of responsibilities that I would have to take on that I wasn’t necessarily doing on a daily basis; like be more domestic. You know when you are on your own things get done on your own time, because you only have to worry about yourself. One thing I have…
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**This post is sponsored by Girl Scouts of North East Ohio. All thoughts and opinions are 100% my own** At 20 weeks when Darrick and I found out that Emma was going to have a Cleft Lip and Palate, we were very nervous because we didn’t know what to expect. We were shown pictures of cleft children in the hospital,…
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As we approach Thanksgiving and I keep reading all of the “Thankful” posts I can’t help but become thankful in my own life. Last year, this time we were dealing with having two new babies and one being terminally ill and not knowing at the time that he wasn’t going to make it. This year has been an adjustment but…
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Being a special needs parent sometimes you try not to think negatively but you have been in so many appointments listening to things that you dont necessarily want to hear about your child that you kind of go along with a “waiting for the other ball to drop” attitude. Its sad but its real life. I cant tell you…
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When I think about my parents jobs…I think about how blessed we were. My parents weren’t making millions, but they had successful jobs and they were able to provide for their family. They are both living the retired life now together (they timed this perfectly)…but they set a great example for my sister and I. When I was younger I always liked…
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