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Author Archives: Kristi Campbell

Kristi Rieger Campbell's passion is writing and drawing stupid-looking pictures for her blog, Finding Ninee. It began with a memoir about her special-needs son Tucker, abandoned when she read that a publisher would rather shave a cat than read another memoir. Kristi writes for a variety of parenting websites including Huffington Post Parents, has been published in several popular anthologies, received 2014 BlogHer's Voice of the Year People's Choice Award, and was a proud cast member of the DC Listen to Your Mother show. Find her on Twitter, Facebook, and Pinterest.

In IMing some party-on excellent friends earlier, Don suggested that I write about nothing, the way he often does. However, lacking his hilarity, beer, and ability to sit in a chair outside all day while drinking and making fun of the neighbors, I wasn’t sure about whether I could pull it off. I would like to […]

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Happy Wednesday, my peeps! Today’s Our Land series has been authored by my lovely friend Lizzi (aka The Considerer at Considerings). In spite of her British aversion to using the letter “z” in words such as “realize” and “organization,” there’s no denying her talent for brilliantly weaving words together. Lizzi has an amazing outlook on life, the […]

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The Story of MeeBee who Reminds Us of Thankful Somedays, it’s hard to be thankful, not glad. Those days it’s easy to be grumpy and sad. On days such as this, is when Meebee comes out to remind you to play and get rid of your pout. At first when we see him, we wish […]

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This holiday season, I’ll do a lot of things. I’ll play with my son in the freezing cold, watch The Charlie Brown Christmas show with him, and I’ll buy him something that he doesn’t need, anticipating the joy on his face when he sees that he has a present a few presents too many presents under our tree. […]

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There are certain toys that we don’t exactly welcome with glee and abandon this holiday season. Some fall in the category of obvious, like guns with darts that will most likely end up in my eye, messy craft crap that isn’t worth it, baby toys because Tucker’s delayed, and well, toys that he won’t, and […]

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I have a relatively new friend that I’d like to share with you via today’s Our Land contribution. Erin, from Musings by Mama is warm, compassionate, writes magical words of beauty, inspiration, and love, and is one of those mamas you know would have you laughing after dinner, while relaxing on the porch with her. Plus, […]

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