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While my main interests are in travel and nature, I enjoy writing about family life and voluntary simplicity.

My background includes marketing communication, business and technical writing, creative writing, radio show host, public relations as well as covering

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Creative Writing > Memoirs Testimonies: I am a mother: 3 of 42

The pay for being mom doesn't come in monetary value but in hugs and chocolate lip covered kisses after making brownies. It comes in the form of bedtime stories and endless squeals of laughter as you are in the midst of a tickle fest. It seems the moments when your children are young are fleeting and you find yourself hurled...
Personal Finance > Personal Finance (Other) How to survive (even thrive) in difficult economic times: 38 of 51

Living on a tight budget is not easy to do when you feel there is no end in sight. Our first encounter of living on a tight budget came when my husband was laid off from a company he had been with for ten years. It was quite a shock to our system but it was during this time that we learned some valuable lessons of how to str...
Celebrations & Holidays > Gift Advice Unique and personal gifts for new moms: 29 of 30

Unique and Personal Gifts For New Moms Although I am past the new mom stage, I have realized there are some wonderful gifts I would have loved to receive as a new mom that probably would have relieved the pressure of being a new mother. Most of these gifts low cost or free to give and can be of great value to the new mom (an...