Category: Holidays
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Happy National Siblings Day
According to my Facebook wall, today is National Siblings Day. All of my friends are posting pics of their siblings and spouting lovely platitudes about just how great their siblings are, blah, blah, blah. I hate to break it to all of you, but I have the most supercalifragilisticexpialidocious brother ever. EVEH. Let me tell you why your…
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2013 Year in Review
2013 has been an incredible year for me, full of personal and professional growth, 100 new experiences, and so much more. Before 2013 expires and we ring in 2014, I thought it would be fun to reflect on my favorite parts of 2013. A 2013 Year in Review. I have much to be grateful for,…
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Changing Lives With McDonald’s Hamburgers
Never in my entire life did I think I’d type the words that appear in the headline of this post. Given all the bad press McDonald’s has received recently, it’s almost difficult to believe that McDonald’s can change lives for the better, but that’s just what happened on Friday night. I had just walked out…
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Spreading Kindness During the Holidays is Spreading
Have you heard the news? Random Acts of Kindness are popping up everywhere! In just the first five days of December, I’ve heard of many stories of people showing kindness and it’s quite inspiring. Let’s take a look. Today’s #31RAOK: bought lunch for the person in line after me in the dining center. — Kathryn…
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Giving Tuesday 2013
Are you familiar with Giving Tuesday? Giving Tuesday began in 2012 as a response to the hyper-consumerism of Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, and Cyber Monday and to encourage a mass movement to put the “giving” back into the holiday season. The idea is to take one day to give to non-profit organizations. I wrote…
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Day 2: 31 Days of Random Acts of Kindess Update & Apology
In my excitement to kick off #31RAOK yesterday, I goofed. I promised that there would be a giveaway on Little Merry Sunshine today and that was a mistake. I apologize for my error. In my excitement to give all of my readers this fantastic gift, I forgot that there were two other days of Random…
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31 Days of Random Acts of Kindness
I have the most brilliant, selfless, good looking friends in the entire world. That may sound like a bit of hyperbole, but I assure you it’s not. I am one lucky woman in that I’m surrounded by some of the most awesome people you can imagine. They also come up with the best ideas you…
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What Are Your Favorite Holiday Songs?
Christmas is my favorite holiday (aside from my birthday, which is June 16, if you want to mark it on your calendar) and I love everything about it. Decorations. Church music. Popular music. Fruit Cake (oh, God, how I love my Nana’s Fruit Cake). But the music is the absolute best part of it. If…
Jessica L Gardner 