French Apple Pie for Thanksgiving

Jonathan loves my apple pies. His favorite is one I call French Apple Pie. I usually don’t do apple pie at Thanksgiving or Christmas because I think you should have something a little different than what I might make on […]

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Little Pink Houses Make us ABLE to Give Thanks

I must admit that these past few days I have struggled with some things that have caused me not to have an attitude of gratitude. Without going into those issues, there are a few other issues that could cause me […]

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Char the Watermelon: Born at a Pink House

I think it is fitting that we hit 51 ABLE Co-Sponsors in the Senate and 310 in the House yesterday.  As I said in my FB post yesterday, that’s one more step toward Rachel’s pink house in NYC.  I’m less […]

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Boxing for Kids

Really the title is misleading but I can’t think of anything catchy, and I want people to read this because I want people to join me in spreading Christmas joy around the world!  It has become popular for churches to […]

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Send Rachel to Outer Space

The title of this post conjures up multiple thoughts. No – we don’t want to send Rachel to outer space because of some misdemeanor behavior though. Since she was big enough to talk, every year on her birthday she and […]

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Brainwashing

Frequently, I have the opportunity to speak to groups. I have spoken to teachers, future teachers, parents, donors, healthcare professionals, Senators, Congressman – you get the idea.  My two favorite audiences are students aspiring to be general education teachers and […]

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Chili Verde on a Cold Day

I realized I haven’t posted a recipe in a while so on a cold day, I have one to share with you. I know I posted this on my former blog site but many of you probably missed it. We […]

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Thanks and the R-Word

Today I am thankful that my vocabulary is big enough that I do not need to use the R-Word or other slanderous, disrespectful words to express myself. That’s probably enough said but here I go again. That word. Just this […]

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Typical Tuesday and Malmberg Joys!

A while back another blogging mom asked me if I would be interested in having Rachel featured in one of her “Typical Tuesday” blogs. I said “why of course.” Then, it took me a couple of months to remember to […]

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