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My husband and I didn’t know that attending the charity event benefitting orphans in the...

My 12 year old stood before me at the very start of the weekend and...

“I have to go.”  I blurted and quickly hung up.  I was sitting with a...

We are starting off our Grow Mama Book Club with the book,  Dwell In Tranquility...

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"Would you like to buy some girl scout cookies?" For a hundred years, Girl Scouts...

When my older kids head off to school, I start my other job - the...

Has your child ever been the victim of bullying?  Has she bullied others, been bullied,...

I was waking up my 6 year old for school or suhur, or something the...

It’s important that we seek creative ways of imparting the knowledge of our deen. We...

Assalam Alaikum GrowMama Sisters, I recently reconnected with some dear family friends via email.  We both...

Yesterday, my son was born. Today he’s making me an apple cinnamon omelet. I spent...

About three years ago I was taking a class at the Hartford Seminary titled, “Answering...

I have known all along that my relationship with Allah was not as strong as...

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Yesterday, I took my girls to shop for fruit and vegetables, and at the end...

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So the other day I was shopping at Michael's to work on a project for...

Often times people like me whose children are fortunate enough to have their grandparents in...

A dear friend and I were sitting around the kitchen table as our two children...

I am not a counselor nor am I an expert. But Alhamdulillah, Allah has blessed...

Raising children who do housework without complaint and find pleasure in serving the family is...

I baked up a storm and the breads and granolas are stealthily disappearing. I caught...

As 2012 begins, a few of us at GrowMama have been contemplating the years past...

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Yesterday, I took my young daughters to ride the metro to Washington D.C. As we...

It was a very crowded day at the park. My 2-year-old son was playing happily...

Wondering what to do with the kiddos all. winter. long??? Read on for some great...

I live in a small university town and we have established a very nice tradition...

The past few weeks have been a huge learning curve for me. Alhamdulilah I was...