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A Mom And Her Tools—Not So Strange After All

This is a follow up to my previous blog about the perceived stereotype of women and tools. I believe I may have put the cart before the horse in listing my top 5 favorite tools and neglecting to mention the many, many women who consider their power tools their favorite accessories. These are women who not only welcome tools as gifts, but also go out and buy them for themselves. A growing segment of the female population takes their tools very seriously. In fact, a recent report stated that last Mother’s Day Amazon Books’ hardware site sold nearly as many … Continue reading →

Why Married Women Need Friends

You’ve seen them in the back of the restaurant. You’ve heard their peals of laughter. You’ve heard the group running together every morning. You’ve seen them walking side by side down the street – sometimes they are pushing strollers; sometimes they are just walking together. You’ve seen them sitting together at the park; talking and laughing. Who are they, you ask? The Female Connection Girlfriends are vital for all women. Female friendships are precious commodities for married women. Whether their girlfriends are married or single, mothers or childless, they are the people that we find our precious moments of reprieve … Continue reading →

My Mammogram

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I tend to just put myself out there when I write. Sometimes it works for me, other times it doesn’t. Today I’m going to put myself WAY out there, so if you’re the type who gets uncomfortable reading about “woman things” then just move on to another blog. When I turned 35, I had a very special rite of passage. You see, when every woman on your mother’s side of the family has either had breast cancer or a lumpectomy, doctors recommend that at 35 you have a baseline mammogram done. A baseline mammogram is basically a picture of your … Continue reading →