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The Great American Milk Drive – Families in Need

brandyellen — Wed, 09 Dec 2015 13:27:59 +0000

Did you know that milk is one of the most requested products at food banks in America, yet it is the least common donated item? Well this month I am sharing with you The Great American Milk Drive where you can easily donate milk for needy families. It is a shame, to be honest, that so many of our American families go without food and even the smallest of necessities. This time of year, the holiday season, it seem most people are in the giving mindset and so I invite you to head on over to The Great American Milk Drive to see how easy it is to donate milk for needy families. <center For just one $5 donation you can give milk to a family in need. This …

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Announcing Tendered.io

brandyellen — Thu, 08 Oct 2015 02:09:32 +0000

I am excited to announce a new venture, tendered.io. What is tendered.io? Well I am about to tell you … Tendered.io was a brilliant idea that the man in my life came up with, and he hit the nail on the head with something I totally am excited to be a part in sharing with the world! Think people helping people, but more … Tendered.io is currently in the launching stages of the application, but it is going to be amazingly awesome! Just think, have you ever seen a friend on Facebook who is local to you and cooks amazing food, makes amazing DIY decor or has skills that you wish to use and would totally pay them for? I know that I have a huge range of friends who …

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This Story Upsets me to my Core – Blogger & Eldest Child Killed by Estranged Husband #support #endviolence

brandyellen — Tue, 10 Dec 2013 17:20:14 +0000

As with any law or rule in this world, Justice isn’t always served as fully as it should. The one area that falls into this “gets addressed when too late” is domestic violence. Domestic Violence can be both or either Physical and Emotional. The sad news is that the court systems and authorities have their hands tied when it comes to domestic violence for both physical and especially emotional abuse. The sad reality is that many die each year at the hands of a supposed loved one, estranged ex whether it be estranged husband or wife …. it happens often. The sad part about these many parents being killed at the hands of a once loved one is that each person usually walked all avenues of trying to escape the …

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Kings Hawaiian Project Mahalo Giving Thanks With Homemade Cards #ProjectMahalo

brandyellen — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 08:33:57 +0000

Teaching the importance of giving thanks is something I have thrived to do as a parent with all three of my children. Every year when my oldest had her family birthday party I would make note of which gift was from who on a piece of paper. This list of gifts with who they were from would later be used as my daughter and I sat down with construction paper, glitter glue, stencils, markers and crayons to create our own thank you notes. It’s a simple craft project that is also teaching a valuable life lesson; to give thanks for what we have and for those who give us gifts during any gift giving event. With my younger two, who are now four and six years of age, I have …

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Tiffany’s Story

brandyellen — Sun, 29 May 2011 04:30:50 +0000

I wanted to share this story with you because I read about it over on one of my fave blog sites and well this is very important information to share! This story and details are all taken from Tiffany’s own story website and are not something I have personally adjusted in anyway. Tiffany was diagnosed in August 2009 with a rare form of cancer called Ocular Melanoma. This is a very rare type of cancer of the eye. Doctors told her at the time that due to the size of the tumor the best course of action was enucleation, or removal of the eye. Tiffany handled all of this with amazing grace and strength. She had a prosthetic eye made and adapted amazingly quickly. Her insurance would not cover the …

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Where Am I Going & What Do I Want

brandyellen — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 22:03:54 +0000

The thought crosses my mind often and recently a blog friend Cindi wrote a post of interest to me & many others. It’s funny that the only reason I caught wind of this blog post Slip-Slidin’ Away was because she sent me a message on Facebook, even though I am an email subscriber to her blog … I missed this blog post. So first, thank you Cindi for that message on Facebook! I have thought for a long time about what direction I wanted my blog to go, what I wanted to gain or share from this blog. Why did I start the blog in the first place? Now HappilyBlended.com was originally WritingsofaWAHM.com and it was to be a blog to share all of my various ways I was making …

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