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Who is the kindest person you know?

Posted on Oct 25th, 2007 by Debi : Mother and More Debi

My mother-in-law is both the kindest and toughest person I know - so after having known her, I can do away with any notion that being nice means that people can walk all over you.... More »

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Thank you, village!

Posted on Oct 4th, 2007 by Debi : Mother and More Debi

I just wanted to take a blog post here to publicly show gratitude for "the village" that is helping me raise my children, and grow myself as a mother and human. I know there are... More »

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What do you really want?

Posted on May 23rd, 2007 by Debi : Mother and More Debi

I want good health -- physical and emotional -- for my entire family . I want to spend my entire life with True, and I want him to spend his entire life with me, up... More »

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What do you love most about where you live?

Posted on May 16th, 2007 by Debi : Mother and More Debi

My neighbors. This is an especially timely question for me, since we'll be moving in a few weeks. We're not going far -- technically, we could walk to the new place -- but it'll be... More »

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What's the best piece of advice you've received from a friend?

Posted on Apr 19th, 2007 by Debi : Mother and More Debi

I actually love advice! I've gotten lots of good advice over time...here are a few great ones, paraphrased: From a cousin with three kids older than mine: "Just surrender to your new baby. The first... More »

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Inspired or flattened, or both

Posted on Nov 21st, 2006 by Debi : Mother and More Debi

I haven't had as much time to myself lately to write, so I'm sorry I haven't been writing much here. Hopefully, I'll get more time in the coming weeks. Yesterday some friends visited who we... More »

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Yes, I think it was.

Posted on Nov 14th, 2006 by Debi : Mother and More Debi

True and I are house-hunting, and of course simultaneously trying to get our current house ready to put on the market this winter/spring. This requires a major house-cleaning, house-purging extravaganza, forcing us to spend hours... More »

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Community of families

Posted on Oct 31st, 2006 by Debi : Mother and More Debi

This blog entry is dedicated to the wonderful people who live around us, raise children around us, struggle and celebrate and eat and play and laugh around us. I think one of the best things... More »

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People I've Met

Posted on May 28th, 2006 by Debi : Mother and More Debi

I got into some trouble with a recent blog post. I hate hurting people's feelings -- partly because I don't like to be thought of as someone who hurts people's feelings, but also because I... More »

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Where to meet people

Posted on May 24th, 2006 by Debi : Mother and More Debi

In the past few months, I've spent quite a bit of time digging through the layers of krill on the internet to find information about the various things Little Shmoo and I have gone through.... More »

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