The Launch of Kin Community

January 25, 2012

I admit it, I am a beginning You Tube user.  I have only created a few of my own videos, and I have historically only used You Tube to watch videos that I have been directed to by bloggers or brands in the social media space. Occasionally I have used it for educational purposes, finding [...]

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Visiting the Children’s Museum of Virginia

January 24, 2012
visting Norfolk | Ciao Mom

Visiting my parents in Norfolk is always something I look forward to (other than the drive down I-95), in part because they live on the water. And I love seeing the water, all the time, any time.  But in the years that they have lived there, we have been able to explore parts of the [...]

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Be Enough Me: Building Capacity

January 23, 2012
Building capacity in Haiti | ciao mom

As day two of our Bloggers4Haiti trip comes to an end, I am still processing much of what we have seen, learned, and felt since touching down in Port au Prince. But my gut knows something about this place, this magical country, whose story can be told through the smiles, the expressions, the crowds on [...]

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Leaving for Haiti

January 20, 2012
donating supplies to Haiti | Ciao Mom

Very soon, I will be on a flight, almost ready to touch down in Port Au Prince Haiti for what I would call, the trip of a lifetime. Getting ready for a trip of this sort is no small task.  There were schedules to coordinate for Principessa.  There were play dates and dentist appointments, husbands [...]

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Getting a Facelift

January 19, 2012
Ciao Mom

Happy Friday! Today is a big day at Ciao Mom…the first day with a sleek new design and a bit of an updated direction. You see, Ciao Mom has been an evolution, a journey. It is almost funny to think about the history. First came “A Day in the Life.” Then “Cara Mamma’s Day in [...]

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Nurturing a Child’s Creativity

January 18, 2012
Nurturing a child

There are not many moments in life where you given free reign over a blank slate.  Times where the possiblities are endless and where everything that you thought was not allowed, is suddenly acceptable. Visiting my parent’s house last weekend was one of these times for Principessa. She calls herself an artist. She struggles with [...]

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Getting Back on Track with Weight Watchers

January 17, 2012
Going back to Weight Watchers | Ciao Mom

One foot in front of the other. Heading toward a door.  A door that once you open it, just feels right. The door was the door into a Weight Watchers meeting. A new start. A new beginning. Once upon a time I achieved Weight Watchers Lifetime status, weighing in at my lowest weight since early [...]

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On the Road Again

January 16, 2012

A busy week. An exciting week. A week of travels. Traveling, to the land of my good friend, The Culture Mom, to take part in her series, “I Don’t Know How She Does It.”  I was honored when Holly asked me to contribute to the series, among amazing women who I respect and admire. I [...]

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Fortune Cookies & Memories

January 15, 2012
Making Memories | Ciao Mom

I have been doing a lot of thinking lately. Thinking about my life as a teacher. My life as a mom. My life as a wife. My life as a blogger. I was reminded of a fortune cookie that I opened a few weeks back. So my thoughts turned elsewhere. To the zillion times that [...]

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Family Ski Trip to Snowshoe Mountain, Part 2

January 12, 2012
family skiing at snowshoe | Ciao Mom

There has been a lot of traveling around these parts lately.  I traveled over to the wonderful Project Marriage community to talk about saying “I do” to protecting my marriage from germs.  I also shared the first part of our ski trip adventure….aka, the road trip to Snowshoe Mountain. Even today, we are traveling back [...]

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