I saw my friend Susan yesterday (thank you, Andrea, for accompanying me!) I thank Susan and her family for giving me some precious time with her at a time when there are only a few minutes each hour when she is up to sharing time with others. Hugs + Prayers + Love, ALWAYS. Amy from [...]
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I really wanted to call this “Cancer Sucks” — a button I’ve seen before, but I’m trying to remember that I expect my children to use better adjectives when they want to resort to colorful language. Forgive me if the parent — and mature adult in me — lapses from time to time during this [...]
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Clifford the Big Red Dog and his friends from Birdwell Island are at Baltimore’s Port Discovery as part of a traveling exhibit. If your kids are fans of this lovable canine and his adventures, I highly recommend visiting this well-planned exhibit as a lot of activities are packed into a small space. The exhibit is set [...]
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Some posts are simply harder to write than others. They roll around in my brain until they are ready to be written. The topic of drinking and driving is easy — in my reporter days that was standard fare for the holiday season. Gruesome as it is, I’ve covered so many drunk driving fatalities, I no longer remember [...]
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The Nutcracker with puppets? A purist at heart, I couldn’t quite fathom it. After all, the Nutcracker I grew up with was performed by the Miami Ballet Company, one of the few licensed to perform George Balanchine’s version of The Nutcracker™. But the JavaKids’ first exposure to a live version of this classic tale was yesterday at The [...]
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Motherhood is an endless “To Do” list and taking my kids to Sesame Place has been on my list. Summer 2011, however, became The Summer That Swim Team Took Over Our Lives, so we never made it. Luckily, Sesame Place has opened its doors with a winter offering, “A Very Furry Christmas.” The theme park has [...]
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The Nintendo Wii joined our family two years ago in time for Christmas and we’ve enjoyed it ever since. In an ever-competitive gaming landscape, Nintendo has upped the ante by bringing out the Motion concept — games and remotes that are far more sensitive than the original ones and allow for a new dimension of [...]
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Yes, we have terrible traffic, high gas prices and a housing market I never seem to be on the right side of, but when it comes to celebrating the holiday season, the Metro DC area knows how to do it right! Having spent the first two-thirds of my life celebrating Christmas in sunny Florida and California, [...]
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Combine the best of the holiday season — the magic of a winter wonderland and the spirit of giving back to our community — by taking your family to the Junior League of Northern Virginia’s 11th Annual The Enchanted Forest this weekend! This event is a tradition not only for the JavaFamily, but for many [...]
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I did not come from a “Christmas card family.” There are two types of families — those who send Christmas cards and those who don’t. (Well, okay, obviously there are three — those who don’t send them because they don’t celebrate Christmas…) Sending cards was just not one of my mother’s interests. My Great-Grandma Herbert, who lived [...]
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