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Susan Merrill

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Encouragement

What is Beauty? Beauty Is…

  I love it when a company uses it’s influence for good and Dove has done that for many years.  The company has had an ongoing Campaign for Real Beauty.  And they use very poignant, relevant videos to make girls and women think differently about beauty.  I have watched all of their videos with my girls because I want them to know, really know, that they are beautiful!  Here are those links……

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Marriage

How to Find Contentment in Marriage

Jacob and Leah were not “in love” by today’s standards. He didn’t bring her flowers, didn’t write her love songs, and didn’t hold her hand. He didn’t ask how her day was, didn’t take her on dates, and didn’t tell her she was beautiful. Jacob was not finding contentment in his marriage. In fact, he didn’t even want to marry her in the first place! After working hard for 7 years in order to marry the young, beautiful Rachel, Jacob…

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Parenting

How Far Would You Go to Protect Your Child?

I was really conflicted when I saw this.  Could this be real?  Yet, last summer I found my seventeen year old playing an online video game on his laptop that had been produced in China.  It looked very similar to the game shown in this video. The game had levels that could only be accessed in certain ways, with skill or money–real money.  Of course, skill would only take you so far, you needed money to go farther.  I did…

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iMOM Do What Matters
Parenting

Invest in Your Children and Others in 2014

  This year, what can we invest in that will never fade?  The answer is sitting in your lap, pulling at your shirt, looking up at you with their sweet, puppy eyes: your children.  Building relationships with your kids is something that truly matters.  Here’s one of several stories that I’ve received as the director of iMOM about lives that have been impacted: “Hi I’m Grace, and I’m an iMOM Morning Leader.  iMOM morning has been instrumental in helping ramp…

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Life Hacks for Moms
Encouragement

Life Hack Lovin’

  Have you heard of life hacks?? Well they are da bomb. They’re these quirky little tricks that make your life easier. You can use toothpaste to clean your headlights or put a wooden spoon over a boiling pot to keep the water from boiling over. It’s amazing what you can find! Speaking of life hacks, iMOM is all about making a mom’s life easier. Use iMOM’s 7 life hack printables to help your household and you will be life hack…

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Does your cup overfloweth
Encouragement

Do Your Cups Overfloweth?

  Do your cups overfloweth?   Mine do.  I walked into the kitchen this afternoon and there they were–overflowing on the counter—fast food cups, Solo cups, juice cups and coffee cups—over a dozen of them. My eyes tried to count as my hands went to work, and the voice in my head vented with questions like, “Why can’t anyone seem to find the dishwasher?” “How many more nano seconds does it take to drop a cup in the trash rather than…

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