Month: August 2019

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Prince George And Princess Charlotte Bond Over Royal Upbringing

We’ve seen how being a royal impacts generation after generations of the British royal family as well as other royal European monarchies such as that of Monaco or Sweden.  Being a royal can be a confusing, overwhelming, and alienating life.    YOU MAY ALSO LIKE: Prince George & Princess Charlotte Had The Most Adorable First Day Of School Sharing experiences with someone who understands what you’re going through can be life-saving and the only thing keeping you sane.   We saw the bond we between Prince William and Prince Harry, especially after Diana died. They were the only two who truly understood how the other felt as they mourned and missed their beloved mother. We are beginning to see Prince George and Princess Charlotte share a similar bond as the next generation of the monarchy.  They are growing up under extraordinary circumstances, as third and fourth in line to the throne. Prince George and Princess Charlotte are more than brother and sister — they’re best friends and are always together.  With two years separating them, they have grown up enjoying time with the rest of their family and getting into mischief like normal children. They’re just a brother and sister growing up and figuring out …

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Single Mom Fosters Abandoned Newborn and Soon Realizes She’s The Biological Sister Of Her Adopted Son

This is Katie Price of Parker, Colorado, and these are her beautiful children. But just a few years ago, Katie was newly divorced, completely on her own and searching to find her purpose. Which she discovered was in becoming a foster mom. YOU MAY ALSO LIKE: Nurse Adopts Two-Year-Old Baby Blaze After Caring for Him in the Hospital After her divorce, Katie Price rebooted her life. First, she moved into a new home in Colorado, then she changed careers, and most importantly she chose to foster a child. She’d always wanted a child but struggled with fertility so became interested in adopting.  One day, she received an email from her pastor suggesing she consider fostering a child especially given her past fertility issues. Katie was intrigued, but took things slowly. She started by attending meetings about the foster care system and learning as much as she could about the process. It was through one of the foster care meetings that Katie realized she indeed felt the calling to foster.  After successfully fostering four children at various times, Katie was ready to adopt and raise a child of her own. Her opportunity arrived in 2016, when a caseworker told Katie about …

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Swollen Feet? Read about 8 Medical Conditions That Can Cause Feet to Swell Up

When people think of swollen feet, most consider the most common causes for the symptom: pregnancy, injury, or a job that requires a lot of walking. But many get swollen feet when these things aren’t the case. In those situations, what’s the cause? YOU MAY ALSO LIKE: 8 Reasons Sleeping Solo is Good for Your Health Some will just prop their feet up for a few minutes, ice them, or give them some time to rest. Normally, this will work, but there are some cases when swollen feet are a symptom of something more serious.  If you’ve rested and elevated your feet and there’s no obvious cause to the issue, it could be a sign of an underlying medical condition. Read on to learn about some of the more serious causes of swollen feet. LYMPHEDEMA “Lymphedema refers to swelling that generally occurs in one of your arms or legs,” notes the Mayo Clinic.  Lymphedema in one’s leg may cause severe and painful swelling in the ankle, foot, and toes.  Symptoms of lymphedema include aches, discomfort, recurring infections, tightness or heaviness, and swelling in part or all of a limb. DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS (DVT) The Mayo Clinic also mentions another reason …

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Let’s Celebrate Back to School: Mom’s Hilarious Photo Captures First Day of School Relief!

For parents, the back-to-school season is the super stressful storm before the calm.   It’s not easy to get all the items on their supply lists, the perfect back-to-school outfits, and more.   Not only do you have to make sure your kids have everything they need to succeed on day one, but you often have to fight heinous crowds to do so. Once those chores are done, it’s time to figure out lunches and carpools! There are so many details, and most expect moms to take care of them all. That’s why for many, once you finish that drop off line or watch your child board that school bus you can take that much needed sigh of relief! Still, year after year, parents, especially moms somehow make it happen. YOU MAY ALSO LIKE: Packing Lunches Is The Worst Thing About Kids Being Back At School Survey Confirms After a long summer of entertaining the kids, parents are sending them back to the classroom where they learn and grow….and no one is more excited than parents. Shawna Genua from Florida decided to take back to school to a new level. She gathered some of her friends to take a picture celebrating that …

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Like Every Mom, Amy Schumer Has All The Feels About Heading Back to Work

In an adorable snap shared on her Instagram, comedian and new mom Amy Schumer shared that she has all the feels about heading back to work. YOU MAY ALSO LIKE: New Mom Amy Schumer Is Keeping It Super Real on Social Media, and We Are Living For It Schumer has (mostly) been taking time off since she and husband Chris Fischer welcomed son Gene on May 5th. In the sweet picture Schumer is shown relaxing on the couch with Gene snuggled in her arms, both have their eyes closed and only their dog, Tati is awake and looking at the camera. Schumer captioned the pic: “back to work this week. Feeling like ???????????????? ” Basically, Schumer is like every mom! View this post on Instagram A post shared by @amyschumer on Aug 28, 2019 at 6:16am PDT Throughout her pregnancy and maternity leave, Schumer has been very candid about the trials and triumphs of growing and caring for a brand new human. During her pregnancy, Schumer suffered from hyperemesis gravidarum, a debilitating pregnancy complication characterized by severe nausea and vomiting. (Kate Middleton famously suffered through this as well with each of her three pregnancies.) View this post on Instagram A …

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Woman Uses Her Retirement Savings To Give Grandparents The Ultimate Gift: A New Home

Kahealani Paradis had always dreamed of buying a new house — not for herself, but for her grandparents. So she decided to use her savings to give her grandparents a new home. YOU MAY ALSO LIKE: Woman Surprises Grandpa With Lady Gaga Tickets, and His Reaction Is Too Pure for This World Just like the many generations that came before them, Kahealani’s Hawaiian grandparents had never lived with electricity or running water. Instead, they lived off the land in Hawaii. Their lives were about their family and their island heritage. In a Facebook post, Kahealani described her feelings upon giving her grandparents a new home: “They persevered through hardships & never complained about what they didn’t have. They’ve done so much for so many people & never expect anything in return. They’ve sacrificed so much for me and raised me to know that it is always better to give than to receive…. that it ain’t all about the money in your pocket, but about sticking together as a family & loving each other unconditionally. I will never be able to truly express my gratitude & love for them (because it’s infinite!) but I will spend my life trying!” Kahealani wanted …

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This Mom Was All Of Us On The First Day of Kindergarten

Mom of three, Carolyn Moore, was fully prepped for summer to end and school to start. She’d done the kindergarten routine before with her two eldest, who just started fifth and third grade respectively. But Moore, a writer at Assignment Mom, wasn’t prepared for the flood of emotions that came with sending her youngest off to school for the first time. For anyone with kids (or friends with kids), these first few weeks back at school is when social media fills up with smiling kids holding signs with their upcoming school year while standing in new outfits outside their front doors. But in a sweet Facebook post, Moore shared a different moment she had with her youngest amidst the morning rush on that first day. YOU MAY ALSO LIKE: Every Mom Will Relate to Kim Zolciak-Biermann’s Emotional Messages to Her School-Bound Kids She writes: “Over the next two weeks, you’ll see countless photos of smiling kids on their first days of school. I have three who started this morning, myself. Fifth, third, kindergarten.  We did take that smiling photo on the deck before we shoved off, but my oldest also snapped this photo in the middle of the morning rush.  And …

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