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Montessori for the Modern Mom

Montessori. You’ve heard of it. You’ve probably misspelled it. You’ve drooled over the beautiful materials, the sweet, child-sized everything. Maybe you’ve considered implementing it with your family. But then, you started reading about it and yikes-- it sounds like you’d have to overhaul your entire life to make it work. Not only that, but it seems…

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ModernMom Chronicles: Chapter Twenty One

Did she forget her eleven-year wedding anniversary? Well, almost. But once Michael said hed made dinner reservations at Melise it triggered her memory. Something had to be special enough to make him want to spend fifty-five dollars on a truffle egg appetizer.

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ModernMom Chronicles: Chapter Twelve

Don’t miss chapters one through eleven! At five forty five am, Heather wakes to the voices from the morning radio show that plays from her Bose alarm clock. She nudges Michael, gets out of bed and then she dresses, putting on her white button down shirt and new black flats, which she thinks appropriate for a meeting with the head of the PTA. After waking the children, she walks downstairs and prepares breakfast and lunches.