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Counting your blessings

The year has been a roller coaster for all of us. With the COVID- 19 pandemic starting as early as March, we’d barely started this decade in good spirits. With both the national and international cases of the pandemic rising and so many impacts, it is hard to say if anyone has not been impacted. […]

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10 back-to-school tips for online learning

Hope all the parents and students are getting into a routine for the new school year. The fall session has started for almost all schools across the country at this point, after a gap of more than five months! Our last day of school was March 12th in Spring and students start back on September […]

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5 benefits of having a positive attitude

What is a positive attitude? Positivity or positive attitude is when you count your blessings looking at what all you have in your life and not the have-nots. How does having a positive attitude help us? According to numerous studies having a positive attitude makes us optimistic, kind and compassionate towards others and helps us […]

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Sambucol Black Elderberry review

“I received this product for free from Moms Meet (momsmeet.com) to use and post my honest opinions. Compensation for this post was provided.” First of all, what is Elderberry? Yes, it is a type of berry! Scientifically Sambucus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Adoxaceae. The various species are commonly called elder […]

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Family Travel

Fun things to do in Texas with kids

Welcome to part two of my travel post about places to visit in Texas! As written in my earlier post about places to visit in and around Houston, I gave you information about must- visit places with family in Houston and San Antonio. In this post I am writing about Texas travel ideas with kid-friendly […]

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Exploring cultural festivals

I am supposed to be writing post two about places to visit in Texas, a sequel to my last travel post, but then a few of my blogger friends asked me to share more about an Indian festival that just passed by! So here I am sandwiching this post in between my two travel posts, […]

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Family Travel

Places to visit in and around Houston

We love to travel as a family and consider ourselves travel enthusiasts! We generally travel twice in a year- one in summer and one in winter, sometimes we add a short trip in spring break or thanksgiving break also. We have taken numerous road trips in the US and you can check this post about […]

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Educator Tips Family

15 awesome free summer programs for your teens!

Summer is a time of relaxation. School is out and kids need this well deserved break after a year of academic learning. In most states of the US, summer break lasts between 10- 12 weeks. Yes, a minimum of two months off up to almost three months off for all students in PK through Grade […]

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4 types of hobbies to pursue

What is a hobby? Do you believe that our kids and even we have fewer hobbies than our parents or when we were growing up? Anything done in your free time for the sake of pleasure is a hobby! A hobby can give creativity, passion, interest and joy to your life! But it looks like […]

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Educator Tips Family

25+ free online education sites

Parents, do you know that over the summer your child can lose up to three months of learning? Yes, it is scary! That is why it is always advisable to have your kid do some academic learning over the three months long summer, in addition to relaxing and having fun! There have been multiple research […]