Nearly 75 people entered the Toledo Free Press /Kerr House “Mom deserves a getaway contest,” and the entries literally moved the judges to tears. Among the winners are a mom who lost a daughter to cancer, a laid-off woman nominated by her former employer and two creative entries, one written in a stream-of-consciousness list of stressful activity and one written in Victorian language that fits the Kerr House style. Judging was handled by Kerr House owner Laurie Hostetler, Milissa Clark of Real

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One thing the Lord has reminded me of through this miscarriage is just how precious my 1 1/2 year old is. Not that I took him for granted before, but even more so now I am trying to savor every minute with him. Today I pulled out the memory box I made for my little guy when he was born. With a brand new little one comes many precious keepsakes that don't always fit into a scrapbook, so I made him this memory box. I made the box to be a snapshot of what life was like on the day he w

Scrapbookers are social people who love nothing better than to get together and chat about the latest crafty gadget or gizmo or the latest scrapbooking techniques that’s being talked about in the magazines. There are hundreds of scrapbooking mailing lists you can join to interact with other scrapbookers online, but unless you have money to attend crafting workshops, there isn’t much opportunity to meet up with other scrapbooking enthusiasts in person. Unless, with the aid of an online free ad,

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