I recently became a writer on Examiner.com. I am the Newark Early Childhood Parenting Examiner, writing about different topics involving young children, babies and toddlers. Any suggestions you have for topics, things you want researched and discussed on my Examiner page can be e-mailed to me at Nicoledwatkins@hotmail.com . I am very excited to be a part of Examiner. com's panel of writers. Please come visit my section and leave any comments! Thanks so much to all my readers on blogger and Zimbio !
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Shelly passed away October sixth. I haven't been able to think of exactly what to say in this post because it's still so raw. She was coughing a lot the last time I saw her which was a few days before she passed. Then she began turning away visitors, wanting to spend time just laying in bed with her kids. Then she couldn't keep any food down. She had leukemic meningitis and in her last twenty-four hours she starting getting stiff all over, then came the fever. She was out of it for the most part. By Tuesday, the sixth, it was obvious that ...
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This is my first post in a very long time. I feel like I haven't had time to breathe let alone post anything . We spent the summer working with a child study team for Dare Devil to see if he qualified for a special needs preschool. At first glance they recommended a regular preschool, he seems smart, he can walk, talk, see, and hear (we think) on his own unlike some other kids in the program. But they said that if he were to get "kicked out" of the regular preschool then they would of course accept him no questions asked. They agreed ...
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I've been at Shelly's as much as possible since she's been home. I feel like I should help in anyway I can since I know she would do the same for me or Bill in a heartbeat. Plus I selfishly want to suck in as much time as possible with her before there's no time left....... Her husband, Cliff has been amazing. He really seems to be holding it together but I could see him at different times holding onto her, afraid to let go. The other day Shelly fell asleep on the couch so I was trying to keep everyone out of the ...
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As I had mentioned in another post entitled "Sarah Coventry", I am a style consultant for this in-home jewelry business. I am not new to the in-home sales industry. I worked as a representative for Partylite candles for over a year and while I loved their product (and still do), it became harder and harder not only to transport all of the items for shows but to keep up with the minimum sales amount each month. There were really slow months when I found myself ordering from myself just to remain active. After my car accident and after becoming pregnant with Dare Devil, the ...
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