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weekly summary, vol. 35
PAIL Special Announcements: Don’t forget to sign up for our next book club! We are reading “Simplicity Parenting.” Sign up here! PAIL Posts This Week: Traathy kicked off our week featuring PAIL...
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the monday snapshot – missohkay
missohkay from the missadventures of missohkay is going to open up the week for us with her contribution to the The Monday Snapshot – meant to bring the PAIL blogroll to life by giving its members a...
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featured post: “waiting room” by teach me to braid
Em is a fairly new voice in the blogging world who I started following in the past month or two, and I tell ya, she has been blowing me away. As I write this on Monday night, I keep thinking about how...
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taking a moment
Hello, PAIL readers! We’ve all had a lot going on here behind-the-scenes lately– aside from the usual work-life balance stuff that blogging tends to interrupt, there has been all sorts of excitement....
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news item: personhood and A.R.T.
A little over two years ago my husband and I started the IVF (in vitro fertilization) process. We met with the doctor beforehand and discussed how many embryos we would transfer, and what our options...
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february monthly theme: planning ahead
I’m a planner. I’m not organized, but I’m a planner, and probably to a fault– what else can you call it when someone spends hours making lists but never does any of the listed items? I am constantly...
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book club: Simplicity Parenting discussion questions list
It’s time to start our discussion of Simplicity Parenting. Below you’ll find the list of questions those of you participating in this round of the PAIL book club have submitted. Also, even if you...
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weekly summary, vol. 36
PAIL Special Announcements & Reminders: Don’t forget to sign up for our next book club! We are reading “Simplicity Parenting.”Sign up here! Posts are due on February 27th. Chandra just published...
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the monday snapshot – AL
AL from Mellow in the Midwest is going to open up the week for us with her contribution to the The Monday Snapshot – an evolution of the MMM feature, meant to bring the PAIL blogroll to life by giving...
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featured post: “I became a mother, and died to live” by Renegade Mothering
Last week, Stephanie of Blawnde’s Blawg sent us a link to a post by renegademama entitled “I became a mother and died to live.” She said, “I think many of us struggle with our identity once we become...
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news item: bucking the trend of bad infertility news
I remember as a child/teenager when it seemed like high-order, multiple births started to become the “norm” in the news media. It seemed every year or so there was another story of quintuplets or...
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monthly theme, feb 2013: “planning ahead” post listing
Here is the list of posts gathered from all of you for February’s monthly theme “Planning Ahead,” all about wrapping up those very loose ends for the future. Who will care for your child(ren) if...
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weekly summary, vol. 37
PAIL Special Announcements & Reminders: Don’t forget to sign up for our next book club! We are reading “Simplicity Parenting.” Sign up here! Posts are due on February 27th. Chandra published the...
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the monday snapshot – Em
Em from Teach me to Braid is going to open up the week for us with her contribution to the The Monday Snapshot – an evolution of the MMM feature, meant to bring the PAIL blogroll to life by giving its...
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featured post: “Some news from Ms. J” by Weathering Storms
Rain is a Mom who blogs about life with her husband, MrRuger, and their son, Cadet. They have an open adoption with Mrs. J, Cadet’s birth Mom, and Rain’s most recent post is an extremely interesting...
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news item: “Breast is Best” unless…
“you have to work.” Is the title of the article I saw a Facebook friend post the other day. The CDC (Center for Disease Control in America) has released its latest round of statistics on breast-feeding...
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pail book club
We’ve had some requests for an extension to our deadline for our PAIL book club, “Simplicity Parenting,” posts. So we have extended the deadline to this Monday at 9am. If you are still wanting to get...
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20 questions…
Truth or dare… . I never… . Two truths and lie… . Oh! These games! Usually conducted as a drinking game or an email meme in the days of yore before Facebook, these games are a great way to get to know...
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weekly summary, vol. 38
PAIL Special Announcements & Reminders: Submissions for Book Club posts have been postponed until Monday, March 4th at 9am. If you have a post brewing about Simplicity Parenting, our current book,...
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the monday snapshot – Amy
Amy from Not Undecided is going to open up the week for us with her contribution to the The Monday Snapshot – an evolution of the MMM feature, meant to bring the PAIL blogroll to life by giving its...
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