Motherhood Moments

DECEMBER 16, 2022

One of Melissa’s daughters had a life-threatening medical emergency that required a long hospitalization and persistent follow-up. Melissa’s challenges were more with scheduling time to write. She has a full time job and there was a lot of time and heartache involved in supporting her daughter through her illness.

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The Frugal Girl

JANUARY 22, 2024

For 20 or so years I’ve been homeschooling my kids, and am now down to about 1 1/2 (one full-time homeschooler, and one doing College Credit Plus with some support). He loved it, although his mother asked him at the rehearsal dinner if he shouldn’t go get a haircut! ? Makeup, nail polish, and clothes.

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The Frugal Girl

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

My own kids were born in different time zones, too – one in MN, one in OH. I’m a long-distance cyclist, a triathlete, a wife, a mother of two, a sister, a daughter, a friend, DIY-er, and a community member! C with Finn, my parents’ dog Our daughter is 12, and very into the arts and science.

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