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That’s the slogan for this year’s World Fair Trade Day and it’s tomorrow, May 10th..

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Why does it matter?
Because Fair Trade means fair pay and working conditions for farmers and producers. Fair Trade products are made in safe and healthy working conditions, where farmers and producers receive a fair price and have a voice in how […]

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A gift from our oldest son for our 23rd wedding anniversary (this past Monday the 6th).

Fairtrade chocolate that lives up to its heavenly name! Yes those are 100 gram bars —yes there were ten.
Divine is the fairtrade chocolate company co-owned by the cocoa farmers cooperative Kuapa Kokoo in Ghana, who not only receive […]

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3 yr. old Matthew to Grammie on the phone:  “Grammie, Maggie has blood sugar!”
Matthew to Mom: “Mommy, why do you keep giving Maggie shots?  Stop it!”
Matthew to Mom : “Mom Peter called me a human! I’m not a human I’m a kid!”  “Peter keeps being annoying!”

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Thank you all for the prayers. We are home now and Maggie is doing much better. She’s still having trouble keeping her blood sugar levels stable sometimes but we know that’s to be expected. Last night was a good night and this morning she had good numbers.
It’s been kinda scary […]

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Sunday afternoon we rushed our 8yr. old daughter Maggie to the ER because she was having trouble breathing. Within minutes of arriving a new and totally unexpected reality was thrust upon us as we came to realize that our little girl was most likely suffering from Type I diabetes. Her blood sugar was […]

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There’s one week left for early bird registration of the upcoming Family-Centered Learning conference.
It’s going to be a truly lovely weekend.  I happen to know of several blogging moms that are for sure going to be there.
Friday July 25th we’re having a Family-Centered picnic and Saturday July 26th we have a terrific line up of […]