Every summer for over a decade, my mom, sister, and I have gone to Rehoboth Beach, Delaware for a long weekend. When my daughter came on the scene, she joined us. We always stay at the same hotel, we go to the same restaurant Saturday after being at the beach…
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Usually, I work on Weekend Reads all week. I start the post and as I read articles or think of something I add it and save the draft. Sometimes, I even have two in draft – the one for the coming week and the one after. But this week, Weekend…
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I want to make sure all readers of Wardrobe Oxygen understand how blogs and social media influencers, as well as many celebrities and online news sources and other websites, make money. You deserve to be an informed consumer, and whether you realize it or not, people are making money from…
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I remember you first contacted me when my sister was in the hospital for a brain tumor. You asked an innocent question and I took out all my fear and anger and worry about her surgery on you. I was walking from one wing of the Georgetown University Hospital to…
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I was flipping channels the other week and came across Doris Kearns Goodwin, a presidential historian and award-winning bestelling author. She was being interviewed about her book, Leadership: In Turbulent Times. The book goes into how Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Lyndon B. Johnson handled tough times…
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This week we bought school supplies and ordered back to school clothes. My daughter starts middle school at the end of this month, something she’s been looking forward to for so long. Middle school is a topic of many of her books and the shows and movies she loves, but…
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Even before I started my blog in 2005, I loved how the internet offered a sense of community, a way to connect with individuals across the globe who were kindred spirits. Through the internet, I was able to meet heroes and inspirations I only knew before from my books, magazine…
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I know I am not the only one who is struggling to be productive, to be focused, to have the same creativity and drive they had six months ago. I have fantastic ideas for blog posts but can’t form more than one paragraph without losing my direction. I trip over…
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