The Golden Rule, Rules
If humanity has a universal moral motto, it is the Golden Rule. The ancient concept illuminates a noble part of our human state: that we...
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Ellen Wheeler
- 3 days ago
- 1 min
Serve and Save the World
As moms, our calling is to nurture. We inherently aspire to build families of love, goodness, happiness and peace; a sanctuary from the...
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Cecily Creighton
- Mar 13
- 3 min
True Education
“Education is not a subject, and it does not deal in subjects. It is instead the transfer of a way of life.” G. K. Chesterton There are...
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Corliss Jacobs
- Mar 6
- 3 min
How the Youth of Today Can Change The World
The Newsboys’ Strike of 1899 Just a week ago, my siblings and I performed in a production of Newsies Jr. at our local children’s theater....
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Cecily Creighton
- Feb 13
- 3 min
Nutrition vs. Nourishment
Julia Child, world-famous cook and author, talked about food, cooking, and eating A LOT! She said, “The Dinner hour is a sacred, happy...
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Shelley Colton | Vice President, MomSquad
- Dec 8, 2022
- 3 min
The Emptiness of Digital Intimacy
"With fruitless pursuits and empty connections, the cravings only get worse and the preoccupations become more urgent and obsessive..."
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Alyson Suzanne King
- Nov 17, 2022
- 1 min
Who ya Gonna Call?
When you fall down and scrape your knee. When you study all night and score a B. When you cross the finish line at the big race and win...
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Corliss Jacobs
- Nov 11, 2022
- 3 min
The Power of Laughter
By Corliss Jacobs The older I’ve gotten, the more I realize how incredible laughter is. When we are little children, it comes so easily...
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Ellen Wheeler
- Nov 11, 2022
- 8 min
Duck and Cover in 2022
By Ellen Wheeler Dear MomSquad, I picked up my 10 year old son from school the other day and (out of habit) I asked him how his day had...
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Shelley Colton | Vice President, MomSquad
- Oct 7, 2022
- 7 min
Beware the "Crazy Ladies!"
Ghosts, goblins and monsters can be scary for sure, but sometimes the scariest thing we face are the crazy ladies lurking just beneath...
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Kaitlyn Dalton, Persnickety Box Creative Director
- Sep 30, 2022
- 2 min
You've Been Booed!
Save the tricks and share the treats with one of my favorite neighborhood activities, You’ve Been Booed!
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Shelley Colton | Vice President, MomSquad
- Sep 23, 2022
- 1 min
The Last Brick
She stands firm holding cradling rocking feeding each new one backbone flexible yet strong Society once built on rock but now sand...
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Ellen Wheeler
- Aug 15, 2022
- 8 min
Dust Off the Backpack
Time to buy an apple. One for the teacher and one to pack in your kid's school lunch. The lazy days of summer are giving way to the swirl...
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Shelley Colton | Vice President, MomSquad
- Jul 14, 2022
- 3 min
Close to Divinity
“All that I am or ever hope to be I owe to my angel mother.” -Abraham Lincoln “Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of...
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- Jul 14, 2022
- 3 min
Lover of Books
By Stephanie Wheeler I am a lover of books. I have been an avid reader all my life. I read across all genres. I go in and out of book...
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Ellen Wheeler
- Jul 8, 2022
- 2 min
It Takes a Mom-Village
By Ellen Wheeler I want to do it by myself. That is how I have attacked most new experiences in my life. I tend to be a Type A...
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Shelley Colton | Vice President, MomSquad
- Jul 6, 2022
- 6 min