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      Top 5 Lessons of an Evil Stepmom

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      What you Need to Know about Adoption

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      Confessions of a Late Mom

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      GO! SEE! EXPLORE! : Dixon Gallery and Gardens

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      How To Survive A Road Trip With Your Kids

      Goodbye Smaland, Hello Newly Remodeled IKEA!

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      Grief NOT at the Holidays

      The Ugly Side of Motherhood

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      Why I Swore to Never Have an Elf on the Shelf and How it’s Been Going Since We Got One

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      The Emotional Motherload: Balancing Holiday Expectations

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      When My ADHD Brain Collided with Perimenopause

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      GO! SEE! EXPLORE! :: Memphis Hustle Game

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      Video Game Addiction

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      Support Each Other Using SupportNow

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      I Want to Mom Like the Grizz

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      Pumpkin Spice, You’ve Gone Too Far

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      CHOICES :: The Only Birthing Center in Memphis

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      My Birth Story :: Hannah P.

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      My Birth Story :: Kathryn

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      BLOOM 2025 : Our Annual Event for New and Expecting Moms

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      Date Night, Memphis Style

      A Few Sex Truths

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      Potty Training: Toddlerhood’s Trust Fall

      20 Cute and Punny Valentine Ideas for the Classroom

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      Tried and True Snow Day Rituals

      The Best and Worst Parts of High School

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      Co-ed Schools Mirror the Real World to Better Prepare Students

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      If You Could Screen for Autism as Early as One Month, Would You?

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      Rethinking Blue for Autism Awareness

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      What I Wish Someone Had Told Me When I Became an Autism Parent

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      Top 10 Tips for Parents from an ABA Professional

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      How To Survive A Road Trip With Your Kids

      Travel, Kids, and Making Memories : Flight Deals for Families

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      Friday Favorites (Travel Edition)

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      The Holiday of November 11th

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      2025 Summer Camp Guide

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      Memphis Moms Pumpkin Patch Guide 2024

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      Ice Cream and Popsicles and Snowcones… Oh My!

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      Day Trippin’ :: The Parker Homestead Festival, Harrisburg AR

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      Day Trippin’ :: Oxford, MS

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      Summer Friday Favorites by Erin

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      Our Favorite Things 2021 :: Holiday Edition

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      Our Favorite Things 2019 :: Holiday Edition

      These Are a Few of Our Favorite Things (About Thanksgiving)

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Author: Carolina Guske

Carolina Guske is a District Manager for ALDI and moved to Memphis five years ago for the job. She and her husband are high school sweethearts and total opposites. You can almost guarantee Carolina will have a Starbucks cup in hand at any given time of day. Carolina has one daughter, Blair, who is equal parts doll and terror (aren’t all toddlers?).
Potty
Ages + Stages | Relationships

Potty Training: Toddlerhood’s Trust Fall

ByCarolina Guske February 4, 2024February 1, 2024

On a random Saturday, I was going to the bathroom when my toddler walked in, sat on her…

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Fitness/Health

I’m a Goal Setter and you should be too.

ByCarolina Guske June 13, 2021June 7, 2021

I was talking to a friend last week and something she said to me was so relatable, I…

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Ages + Stages | Pregnancy/Postpartum

The Next Time I Have a Baby

ByCarolina Guske March 28, 2021March 27, 2021

I can’t be the only one who looks back at their first go at being a mom and…

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I Stood up for an Internet Stranger
Emotions | Relationships

I Stood up for an Internet Stranger

ByCarolina Guske February 7, 2021

I stood up for an Internet stranger. I don’t quite know what made this one single post my…

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Move over TJs, shop Aldi for your Holiday Faves!
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Move over TJs, shop Aldi for your Holiday Faves!

ByCarolina Guske December 15, 2020December 15, 2020

For those of you who know me, it is no secret I am a little obsessed with ALDI….

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Friday Faves
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Friday Favorites by Carolina

ByCarolina Guske November 29, 2020December 2, 2020

Happy Friday, Ya’ll! What better way to celebrate another week ending than to share with you my top…

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Fitness/Health

MASKne: The Unexpected Byproduct of a Pandemic

ByCarolina Guske September 6, 2020September 1, 2020

If there’s one byproduct of this pandemic that I did not see coming, it is the resurgence of…

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The No-BS Guide to Managing Toxic Relationships

ByCarolina Guske August 4, 2020August 4, 2020

We’ve all experienced it. It may have been a subtle comment. An unexpected jab. A diss dressed like…

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