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Simple Ways to Teach your Kids About Money
Hoping to raise financially smart kids? Encouraging positive attitudes about money early on can have a lasting impact on their financial habits as they grow older. And continuing to praise good financial choices and...
Teresa Maxwell: Radio Celebrity, Mom and Weight Loss Success Story
I met Teresa Maxwell from the Rocket & Teresa Morning Show on Mix 93.3 at my first job out of college. I was a young 20-something trying to learn the ins and outs of...
Time for a First Checkup
My daughter is 22 months old and attached to her pacifier. She barely opens her mouth for me to brush her teeth. Needless to say, I wasn’t looking forward to her first dental checkup....
My Newborn’s Broken Heart Story
I was 28 weeks pregnant when my water broke. I remember not feeling well that day and just shrugged it off to pregnancy pains.
I went to my local emergency room in Pittsburg, Kan. The...
Mom Turned Entrepreneur After Medical Tragedy
I'm Tamra Johnson, and I created a product to help make my daughters life a little easier after she had a kidney transplant.
In February 2013, we went on a family vacation only to return...
Start Saving For Your Child’s Future with a 529 Plan
Whether you’re painting the nursery for your little one’s arrival or teaching your toddler how to walk, it’s probably a good time to consider a college savings plan. It may seem far away, but...
Don’t Let Your Resolutions Fizzle
This time of year the healthy living resolutions have heated up. But it’s so cold outside, how can we make sure those resolutions don’t fizzle out?
The experts at the YMCA of Greater Kansas City...
Bike. Box. Build. Be EverFit.
What if fitness was fun?
What if you smashed your fitness goals while hanging out with friends and you looked forward to each class?
That’s EverFit’s goal! EverFit is a small, independently owned fitness...
Designed for Delight
If you’re like most people, you wait until around now, a few days after Thanksgiving, to start planning and preparing your Christmas gift-giving.
I guess you could say I’m not like most people.
When you’re in...
From Mommy Guilt to Mompreneur Success
While working as a district sales manager in my 13th year of sales in corporate America, I was really beginning to feel the mommy guilt for everything. The guilt applied to the obvious parental...
The First Days Home With Baby
We were home for just six hours before I was worried something wasn't right with him. Every time I would change his diaper, it would be dry. I honestly couldn’t even remember the last...
An Induction Birth Story
https://animoto.com/play/B41ezKLBp1rWoh5iJveeSg
Wednesday, June 28
3 a.m. Wake up to use the restroom and continue to toss and turn and think about meeting the little guy that’s been growing in my belly for the past 9 months....
Going from Vegetarian to Cattle Producer
I spent years trading hamburgers for veggie patties, a “morally-conscious” food consumer who sought organic, natural ingredients whenever possible. Growing up in the city, I didn’t really understand how our food was grown. That...
Packing for the Hospital
We’re nearing the end of this pregnancy, and I’ve been gathering the things I’ll need to pack when it’s go time. I should probably have them already packed and ready to go but I’m...
Why Preschool Graduation is Worth More than a Worthless Diploma
I used to make fun of people who thought preschool graduation was a thing. I mean, what's the big deal? The era of being babysat while playing all day long is over. And that...
