Eight tips to avoid summer learning loss

Summer Learning Fun

By Guest Blogger: Carrice Quinnie Summer will be here soon for all the area learners.  Some learners have difficult times during the regular school year.  As parents, we have collaborated with teachers, guidance counselors and other learning professionals to build their confidence and assist them … [Read more...]

Volunteer Opportunities in the Chattahoochee Valley

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United Way's Volunteer Center If you are looking for volunteer opportunities in the Chattahoochee Valley, we suggest you register with the Volunteer Center of the United Way of the Chattahoochee Valley. The goal of the Volunteer Center is to successfully connect volunteers to nonprofit … [Read more...]

Tips for Safe Summer Fun

Sun, Safety & Your Sanity

By Katie Moosbrugger, Triad Moms on Main Who's counting down the days to lazy summer afternoons, cooling off at the pool, and dreamy beach vacations? Who are we kidding? For lots of moms, summertime can be anything but relaxing. From endless sunscreen latherings (one of my biggest pet peeves) - … [Read more...]

Family Bucket List: Adventures with Kids

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Does you have a Family Bucket List? Where do you want to go? What do you want to see? How do you want to spend the years before your children grow up? Muscogee Moms recently polled our Facebook fans and our e-Newsletter subscribers to find out what family adventures they want to include on their … [Read more...]

Finding Work-Life Balance

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By Dr. Tina Bedell, Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist, Pastoral Institute Do you wake up and hit the ground running? You take a shower and make yourself a cup of coffee. You get the kids dressed, fed, and to school and off to work you go. You sort through the piles of papers on your desk … [Read more...]

A prayer for the motherless

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A Prayer for the Motherless By Rev. Cindy Cox Garrard, Associate Pastor, St Luke United Methodist Church To my dear friends who have lost their mothers, especially those whose loss is in the last year: Be tender to yourself this week. You will be bombarded with sentimental advertisements to … [Read more...]

Motherhood: Oh the things we forget…

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By Charlotte Bowman When my brother, an officer in the Air Force, was deployed last fall, his expectant wife Rebekah asked if I would be her birthing coach in his place. I was delighted to be asked, but a little nervous. After all, my boys are 9 and 7, respectively, so it's been awhile since I've … [Read more...]