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Why Social Distancing Promotes the Return of a Classic Summer
COVID-19 encourages classic summer experiences, with more family and outdoors time.
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Pillows Are an Affordable Way to Change Your Bedroom’s Style–No Contractor Needed!
Swopping out pillows and accessories is a simple, low-cost way to style a bedroom.
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Making Sense from George Floyd’s Death and Unnecessary Tragedy
When the pandemic hit the U.S. crocuses began to break through the soil, precursors of the bright season ahead. After a bleak experience of lives lost, quarantine and financial instability, there were signs of reopening–all shattered from the senseless loss of George Floyd. Protests ensued, emphasizing the message that Black Lives Matter. Next came rioting but…
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We’ve Been Told to Return to Work, Now What?
If we were to Zoom into private spaces during shelter-in-place, dining tables would look like a breeding ground of kid’s books, coffee cups and chewed up pencils without erasers–a fusion of office, classroom and everyday activity. We’ve built enough forts to populate a nomadic village. We’re experts on the routines of our household and rather…
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See Ya Clutter: Taking Inventory of Your Spaces
Tripped on your kid’s chrome book yet? Have the conversation with your husband on his need to use a noisy pencil sharpener in a digital age? Taking Inventory of your spaces applies to all facets of living: home, mental, relationships, diet and health. Not to get overly existentialist, this is a forum that covers how…
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All-Day Loungewear Will Be Hard to Shake After Quarantine
Crafty face masks isn’t the only trend coming out of COVID-19, everyday loungewear is filling up laundry baskets worldwide. The new norm has us going from waking up to starting the day with little deviation in our comfy basics. Zoom meetings don’t see the pajama bottoms beneath the screen. Dressing well is lost on infrequent…
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Simple + Healthy Recipes with Shared Ingredients to Put Off those Market Trips
During isolation we’ve been trying to make positives out of a challenge. More time outdoors, reading scripture, crafts and eating well over asking the refrigerator for help. But we’re starting to crack. That beloved series on Amazon is running out. The only popsicle stick you want to see is one with a mound of ice…
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The COVID-19 Generation – Why these Kids Will Excel
During COVID-19 isolation, I’ve spent the most time with my 9-year-old son since maternity leave. His outlook has brought levity to the hushed discussions about another market run due to expired milk. Today, he recounted the days when kids put thermometers under hot water and dumped leftovers in the toilet in an attempt to sneak…
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Quarantine During COVID-19: 22 Positives
Worldwide everyone is sharing a collective first. One of those “who-were-you-with-during-COVID-19-isolation” moments. We’ve had to be inventive with new forms of toilet paper and virtual socialization. There’s the need to adjust to e-learning, where I see my son during snack breaks (hourly) or when he snatches the dog from my lap to use as a…
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COVID-19 Survival Guide: 22 Ways to Cope in a Crisis
When you encounter fellow shoppers taking pictures of empty shelves and jamming jumbo packs of paper towels in the trunk of their car, it effectively defines a panic. We are entering a time of uncertainty, becoming a global community who share the challenge of isolation and its imposition. From hardship comes strength, so I find…