I have recently decided to eliminate sodas and other sweetened drinks from my daily regimen.  Problem is, I have always despised drinking “just plain water”. It’s boring and tasteless to me. Soda is fun, bubbly and full of flavor. However, those concoctions have gotten me somewhat addicted to this sugary drink which has resulted in a […]

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A concept that has recently been at the forefront of health and wellness magazines and discussions is that of mindfulness or mindful thinking. At first blush, this might seem like new-age nonsense or incite thoughts of monks meditating for hours on a mountaintop, but in reality, it is a concept that is much easier for […]

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In a game that shocked the sports world and blew up just about every March Madness bracket in existence, the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) upset the number one overall seed Virginia in 2018 NCAA men’s tournament. This will be a game that sticks in my mind and memory for the rest of my life. I’ll […]

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Today marks the start of 3 weeks of ‘madness’ where anything can happen and seeds get thrown out the window. The tournament starts off with 64 teams playing in 32 games over the course of a week, then the Sweet Sixteen, Elite Eight and Final Four tournaments follow in the next week or 2, generally […]

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The ancient Babylonians calculated pi roughly 4,000 years ago. What Is Pi? Pi represents the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter. The first calculation of pi as 3.14 is attributed to Greek mathematician Archimedes, who lived in the third century B.C.. He used the Pythagorean Theorem, a geometric theorem involving triangles, to accurately calculate […]

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It was 6:45 p.m. Sunday evening and it wasn’t dark. I was thrilled! Daylight saving time (DST) started it’s 8-month run earlier that day at 2 a.m. while celebrating its 100th birthday in the United States. I always look forward to the longer days. I feel like I get so much more accomplished with the […]

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This time of the year has my mind rushing back to a time in my life that I spent so much of my time planning for, training for and simply could not wait for – spring! But for a different reason than most. I like the flowers, everything is starting to bloom, the weather is changing, […]

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Webster defines the word “name” as “a word or combination of words by which a person or thing is known.” Before we are even born, our parents more than likely pondered over names with family members, baby name books and other resources in order to choose our perfect title. People put a lot of value in […]

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Today is International Women’s Day. This marks a day where we celebrate the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. International Women’s Day (or “IWD”) has been observed since the early 1900s. It came about during a time of great expansion in the industrialized world that saw booming population growth and the rise of […]

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I am a mother of three cell phone junkies. I feel as though I have lost my children in a whirlwind of texting and social media and believe me when I tell you, it’s a struggle to get my young adult children to put their phones down for any length of time. Just recently, I […]

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