tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5465435126968496952024-03-13T08:48:16.376-04:00Angelic RageFrom teenage mother to mother of teens. My story of raising my children and myself.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13058797332121182760noreply@blogger.comBlogger76125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-546543512696849695.post-63153793697662615322015-07-02T19:40:00.001-04:002015-07-02T19:40:48.018-04:00A progressive year<br />
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It's been over a year since I last blogged! Yes my friends I'm feeling a little rusty! What a year it has been!<br />
Matteo has turned from newborn to toddler! And yes, parenting in my mid thirties is much different than in my teens and early twenties.<br />
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Also my granddaughter Brooklyn Has become a busy beautiful toddler! Being a grandma is great!<br />
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Anthony turned fourteen! He has played basketball and track, spent some of summer vacation time in strength training preparing for football season.<br />
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Giovani turned 17 and excelled in A.P. classes through out the school year. He spent most of summer in an Upward bound program earning more college credit at Carson-newman college.<br />
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DeAna turned 20!! And took classes while working and raising Brooklynn. She graduated high school!</div>
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Matt is almost ready to graduate from college, he has also beat every statistic set against him. He is enjoying the heating, air, and Refrigeration TradE.<br />
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And I have been busy growing the last addition to our family. Due on Halloween 2015, we will welcome the littlest sister, baby Marina!<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Welcome to My Product Review on Crio Brü Brewed Cocoa! Choose to feel good everyday! </span></span><br />
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looks out for the environment in insuring its cocoa is 100% responsibly
grown and ethically traded. They buy organic beans whenever possible. And always pay fair trade prices or better for all their cocoa beans,
which improves the lives of our farmers and their communities.)</span></span>
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It was as easy to prepare as coffee. In fact you make it exactly like coffee. So when we finished our supper and served dessert it was ready to serve! A full coffee pot full of delicious cocoa in minutes. (<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">Crio Brü can be made in any coffee maker or French Press. Use 1 to 2 tablespoons of grounds per 6 oz. of hot water to taste.)</span></span></h2>
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For the adult crowd, we sampled the Maya blend which is a fiery mix of cayenne pepper with warm vibrant cinnamon and soothing ground vanilla beans blended with premium, chocolaty cocoa grounds. Perfect for warming up with on a frosty winter day. We found children liked the Cavalla blend which is made from cocoa beans found naturally the Ivory Coast. Its chocolaty flavor hints notes of coconut as well as cinnamon.</h2>
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Everyone who knows me, knows I strive to serve the healthiest foods possible to my family and everyone deserves a sweet treat now and again. I could feel good and guilt free about serving this to my family for a number of reasons:</h2>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">. Did you know cocoa beans are one of nature's Super foods? They are full of antioxidants, minerals, and health promoting properties?</span></h2>
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. The antioxidants found in cocoa boost your immune system.</span></h2>
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. unlike others hot drinks, this product contains NO CAFFEINE, instead it increases energy naturally with a natural stimulant called Theobromine. </span></h2>
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<i><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>History</b></span></i><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">For
the Maya of Central America, ka’kao was the drink of the gods. Served
to kings in golden cups and prepared each day by the Mayans, Aztecs,
Olmecs and Incas, the ancients knew of its power to rejuvenate and
restore. The original recipe was simple – ground cocoa beans and water.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">This
healthy and delicious drink inspired Crio Brü. Named after the rarest
and finest of cocoa beans, the Criollo, Crio Brü is made with the most
flavorful and aromatic cocoa beans so you, too, will find yourself
enchanted by its unbelievable taste and energizing effect.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><b>(Sustainability and Social Responsibility</b> </i>)<br />Crio Inc. is committed to <a href="http://www.criobru.com/pages/Go-Green-with-Crio.html">go green</a>
in every aspect of our business. For example, their first corporate
offices housed a state-of-the-art geothermal system that helped to heat
and cool the building. And as a Champion supporter of Rocky Mountain
Power's BlueSky program, Crio is ensuring sustainable growth by making Crio Brü with wind power. </span></h2>
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used Crio Brü grounds, such as adding 1-2 tablespoons to a smoothie or
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<a href="http://www.gloriouslygreengal.com/ignite-senses-pack-1/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Package #1 - ARV $397</a><br />
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<a href="http://monicasrrr.blogspot.com/2014/02/prize-candle-review.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Prize Candle</a> - Prize Candle Trio<br />
<a href="http://mamacssecrets2savings.com/2014/02/11/zipz-shoe-covers-review" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Zipz Shoes </a>- One Set of Zipz Shoes (Customs not included)<br />
<a href="http://www.aluckyladybug.com/2014/02/chili-technology-review-and-giveaway.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Chili Technology</a> - Chili Pad<br />
<a href="http://www.aluckyladybug.com/2014/02/paxley-kids-sunglasses-review-and.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Paxley Sunglasses</a> - 1 Pair Sunglasses (winners choice)<br />
<a href="http://tyrneathem.com/house-home-review-crane-drop-shape-cool-mist-humidifier/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Crane USA</a> - Drop Humidifier<br />
<a href="http://www.aluckyladybug.com/2014/02/mollys-suds-review-and-giveaway.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Molly Suds</a> - Laundry Powder & 3 Wool Dryer Balls<br />
<a href="http://mamacssecrets2savings.com/2014/02/14/build-a-bear-huge-hearted-lion-review/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Build-A-Bear </a>- $25 Gift Card<br />
<a href="http://mamacssecrets2savings.com/2014/02/11/click-n-dig-mo%E2%80%A6ceivers-review/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Click N' Dig </a>- Key Finder (4 receivers)<br />
<a href="http://www.aluckyladybug.com/2014/02/yumearth-organics-review-and-giveaway.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">YumEarth </a>- Organics Lollipops, Gummy Bears, Gummy Worms and Naturals Sour Beans<br />
<a href="http://www.gloriouslygreengal.com/?p=458" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Melting Pot Cookbook</a><br />
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<a href="http://mamacssecrets2savings.com/2013/05/22/ignite-your-senses-prize-pack-2-2/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Package #2 - ARV $394</a><br />
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Dizolve Laundry - 5 Boxes of Strips<br />
Scenting. com - Perfume Gift Pack<br />
<a href="http://mamacssecrets2savings.com/2014/02/13/enjoy-haircare%E2%80%A6itioner-review/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Enjoy Haircare</a> - Hydrating Shampoo and Conditioner set with a bonus Hair Mask<br />
<a href="http://tyrneathem.com/holiday-gift-guide-home-review-printcopia-canvas-print/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">PrintCopia</a> - 8x10 Canvas Print<br />
<a href="http://monicasrrr.blogspot.com/2014/02/skinny-pop-popcorn-review.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SkinnyPop </a>- 1 Case (12 huge bags) of popcorn<br />
<a href="http://tyrneathem.com/holiday-gift-guide-house-home-review-faucet-face-glass-water-bottles/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Faucet Face </a>- 3 Glass Water Bottles<br />
100% Pure - Body Scrub<br />
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<a href="http://monicasrrr.blogspot.com/2014/02/photo-monicassignaturezpse2d5f368png.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Package #3 - ARV $398</a><br />
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Scenting. com - Perfume Gift Pack<br />
<a href="http://mamacssecrets2savings.com/2014/02/11/newmans-organics-review/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Newmans Own Organics </a>- Assorted Gift Basket<br />
Dizolve Laundry - 5 Boxes of Strips<br />
<a href="http://mamacssecrets2savings.com/2014/02/13/luxe-bidet-neo-180-review/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Luxe</a> - Bidet Neo 180<br />
<a href="http://monicasrrr.blogspot.com/2014/02/udderly-smooth-review.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Udderly Smooth</a> - Wrapped Gift Basket (6 full size products and a cap)<br />
Escape Monthly - 1 Monthly Subscription Box<br />
<a href="http://www.aluckyladybug.com/2014/02/100-pure-products-review-and-giveaway.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">100% Pure</a> - Body Scrub<br />
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<a href="http://tyrneathem.com/ignite-senses-prize-pack-4/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Package #4 - ARV $393</a><br />
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<a href="http://tyrneathem.com/holiday-gift-guide-house-home-review-faucet-face-glass-water-bottles/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Crane USA</a> - Mini Fireplace Heater<br />
<a href="http://mamacssecrets2savings.com/2014/02/11/bullet-designs%E2%80%A6lry-set-review/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bullet Designs</a> - Fire and Ice Set (Ring Necklace and Earrings)<br />
Escape Monthly - 1 Monthly Subscription Box<br />
<a href="http://mamacssecrets2savings.com/2014/02/11/247-frenzy-clothing-review/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">24/7 Fenzy</a> - $50 Gift Card<br />
Dizolve Laundry - 5 Boxes of Strips<br />
<a href="http://mamacssecrets2savings.com/2014/02/13/luxe-bidet-neo-120-review/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Luxe</a> - Bidet Neo 120<br />
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I feel big as a house. I've gained well over the recommended amount of weight. Well over..but I take comfort in knowing next to none of it was in empty calories. I didn't have any major junk food binges. An occasional milk and cookies craving but not very often. Matt and I finally gave up trying to share a bed other then for watching television. Its impossible for either one of us to get any good rest. I take up a huge amount of room and Matteo really enjoys kicking his daddy most of the night. So we are in twin beds for now,which I find very cute in that I Love Lucy kind of way. </h2>
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I am seriously thinking about sleeping arrangements when Matteo is born. I owned a crib with all of my children...I'd say more for decorative purposes because they next to never slept in it, I used it as a playpen or changing table from time to time but even then, it was never worth the cost of buying for how little we used it. Because my babies breastfed for the first year, as I intend for Matteo to also do, it was so much easier to have them not only in the same room, but yes, co-sleeping. I know..GASP! I can hear many of my readers shaking their heads in disapproval. Those who wants to educate themselves further about the benefits verses risks of co-sleeping should looking deeply into my favorite baby doctor..Dr. Sears and attachment parenting. For now I want to talk about the many products that have come out since my early days of mommy hood and co-sleeping.</h2>
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<span style="font-size: large;">With Matteo due to be born in two short months...I've been thinking a lot about diapers. Odd thing to think about I guess but since i haven't had a baby in thirteen years..standing in the diaper aisle of the department store sent me into a full blown tale spin with so many choices.</span> <span style="font-size: large;">I stopped the first well put together mother I saw..dragging two small boys behind her which diapers she preferred. She told me Pampers for boys worked best. Hmmm...I wondered...is there a difference between Pampers verses Huggies verses Luvs? ..just to mention some of the top name brands.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am head over heels in love with idea of cloth. Ecstatic to see them making a come back.Thrilled with how easy they appear to fasten now. The idea, yes, I love the idea...the reality is I am going back to work and do I really want to place the burden of cloth diapers on another unsuspecting party to agrees to care for my baby while work at 12 hour shift? I ran into a woman by chance at my job who has business washing and folding and delivering cloth diapers..just $25 a week. Sadly not in my area but she does have my thinker thinking.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> And then my head starts going over the safety and cleanliness issues. And I start to panic about toxins. I google and see organic diapers..organic is always good. Next clock I find chlorine free diapers. I didnt know chlorine was in diapers and what is the issue chlorine in diapers? Well come to find out its in the gel of disposable diapers and is linked to cancer. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I found some really cool corn based material diapers filled with only plant based absorbers. Totally earth friendly that way too. Eighteen dollars a box but you cant just stop at the store and buy them so with five dollars shipping...and about 35 diapers in a box..well what's a broke mommy to do? </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So I want to know..What diapers did you choose for your baby? What were your reasons for doing choosing a specific brand or type?</span><br />
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My poor blog went neglected as I took a huge leap into a new adventure for my life. Now that I have landed with my feet somewhat on the ground..I am ready to slowly share with the world again. Explore all the lessons I've learned and how each journey pertains to parenting.</h2>
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In big news..I left my marriage of fourteen years ..and began life with my true soul mate and best friend.</h2>
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My daughter DeAna turned eighteen...moved out with her fiance and made me a grandmother at 34 years old. My precious grand daughter Brooklynn was born on Christmas. </h2>
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My son Giovani turned sixteen years old and my son Anthony turns thirteen next month. So I have become the mother of all teenagers. </h2>
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I am expecting!!! So not only am I a grandmother now..a mother of three teens...engaged with five future step children.. but I am currently 31 weeks pregnant with a little boy we will name Matteo. I look forward to sharing where my life as a mom is going. Having a new baby after thirteen years feels like the first time all over again. </h2>
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When I started leaning on God, I suddenly knew exactly who I was and what I wanted out of life.<br />
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When i turned to God, I didn't care that I didn't have a boyfriend in life like I was so fixated on before. My relationship with God, my children, my family and friends made my life so full. Within a few months of me not seeking, I met a great guy who became a life long friend right there in the parking lot of the complex. Within a year of that I met my husband.<br />
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God had shown me my purpose finally. Once word got out that I took in children, there wasn't a day that my house wasn't full with little feet running around, I wasn't bouncing babies off my hip or rocking little ones in the rocker. Parents from our playgroups who knew what kind of mother I was and am, brought me their children, and parents in our complex knocked at my door asking if I could possibly take a few more. <br />
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I didn't have time to be lonely and I knew in my heart that God was making this possible. These moms needed a safe place for their children to be, and I gave them that. I ran everything like a daycare. We had outside time, arts and crafts time, singing and dancing time. My children photograph albums are filled with the happy memories of growing up with our house filled with many children and love and happiness. <br />
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Many mothers became life long friends, some of the children I cared for are parents themselves now. A small few of these children came from really bad situations and really thrived in the time I had the opportunity to care for them. A small number of them got lost in the foster care system and were adopted out. A lot of them I have the blessing of still talking to, even if only on face book level. Most are still friends with my children.<br />
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If I knew a parent couldn't pay, I took their children anyway with a promise of being able to call on them for a favor. I am trying as I write this to come up with an approximate number of the children God allowed me to be there for , I want to say its somewhere near fifty, if not more in a period of five years. They each have a special place in my hearts as their families do too.<br />
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I learned fast that the more good I did with my life, the more doors God opened for me. I started doing good deeds every chance I got. I don't want to list all my good deeds because it makes me seem like I am trying to run for saintly hood, of which I am not. As you will later read, I fell off track a number of times in my life. But I want people to realise, that when you do good, good really comes back. When my children or I outgrew our clothes, I bagged them up and put them on the doorstep of people I knew might want them. When I learned some lost their job or was having a hard time, I would clean my pantry and leave a box of what food I could. For every bag of clothes I gave, three more came my way. For every box of food, God filled my cabinets. We no longer struggled a single day somehow, and the how was God. <br />
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I see on TV, when I watch the religious channels, the preachers talk a lot about sowing seeds "send a thousand dollars to us and God with bless you with then thousand" That type of thing. I don't know if that really works but I do know, that when you give of yourself, from your heart and truly make everyday a day God will be proud of, when you show kindness to others just because... God really does reach down and return the favor. My life is a testimony to that. Because when I have done good, good has come back..when I stopped.. I lost all I lost all I gained.<script type="text/javascript">
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God took me up on my promise within a day. I went into pay my rent and the women in the office asked if I might take in an extra child during the day, she had a single mom needing child care. I happily agreed to take the little girl in the day. This little girl was the daughter of a drug addicted mother and father. She needed someone more then the average child, Deana had a playmate and the little girl had a safe place to be. I had a way to make money. The mother drove me crazy but I loved the child and took care of her for many months, until her family moved away. <br />
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At the mail box that week I met my next door neighbor, she was married and had a young son and was pregnant. I started going to church with her and her family. It was the same church I'd been baptised at as a child.. 14 years later she is still in my life everyday, we talk on the phone every night, and there has never been a major life event in either of each other's lives that we haven't been there for each other during.<br />
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A mother is a person who seeing there are only four pieces of pie for five people, promptly announces she never did care for pie. ~Tenneva Jordan
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SERVING STRATEGIES</h2>
•Grate or dice the vegetables and add
them to chili, hamburgers and meat loaf.
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•Don't forget muffins and quick breads as vehicles for grated carrots and
zucchini or mashed squash and sweet potatoes.
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•Make your own pasta sauces by pureeing flavorful vegetables like red
peppers. Kids who won't eat plain cauliflower might eat pasta with cauliflower
sauce. (Or, then again, they might not.)
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•Kids love finger food, so serve small raw vegetable pieces with low-fat dips
and salsas. (Or with that ever-popular kids' dip, ketchup.)
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•Sneak leftover vegetables into your child's favorite soup.
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•Melt cheese on top of vegetables before serving.
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•Use wraps. Try mashing up beans, spreading them on a flour tortilla topped
with grated cheese, rolling it and heating in the microwave. The result is a
delicious, healthy lunch dish or snack disguised as a fast-food burrito.
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If after all your best stealth efforts your child still detects a pea in his
soup and threatens to run away to a distant star planet, don't be discouraged.
Did you like olives when you were a child? Coffee? Eggplant? Wine? Tastes change
and mature as we do. Luce suggests introducing the loathed vegetable again at a
later time. "Have patience and expect a lot of trial and error," she says.
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And may the Force be with you.
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<span class="xmlbio">Tracie Richardson and Monique Hooker are the authors of
<span class="xmlbiobook">COOKING WITH THE SEASONS: A YEAR IN MY KITCHEN</span>
(Henry Holt).</span><br />
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I've made these for my kids a number of times and they never did know until one day they caught me adding the spinach to the batter! They are just as yummy as regular brownies!<br />
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<span class="name"><a href="http://www.food.com/library/egg-142">eggs</a>
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<li class="ingredient" itemprop="ingredients" sizcache042458096331875117="23" sizset="119"><span class="ingredient" sizcache042458096331875117="23" sizset="120"><span class="amount" sizcache042458096331875117="23" sizset="121"><span class="value">21 </span><span class="type">ounces</span></span>
<span class="name">brownie mix, family sized box </span></span>
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<li class="ingredient" itemprop="ingredients" sizcache042458096331875117="23" sizset="124"><span class="ingredient" sizcache042458096331875117="23" sizset="125"><span class="amount" sizcache042458096331875117="23" sizset="126"><span class="value">10 </span><span class="type">ounces</span></span>
<span class="name"><a href="http://www.food.com/library/spinach-301">frozen
chopped spinach</a>, thawed </span></span>
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<li class="ingredient" itemprop="ingredients" sizcache042458096331875117="23" sizset="129"><span class="ingredient" sizcache042458096331875117="23" sizset="130"><span class="amount" sizcache042458096331875117="23" sizset="131"><span class="value">1/4</span> <span class="type">cup</span></span>
<span class="name">vegetable oil </span></span>
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<li class="ingredient" itemprop="ingredients" sizcache042458096331875117="23" sizset="134"><span class="ingredient" sizcache042458096331875117="23" sizset="135"><span class="amount" sizcache042458096331875117="23" sizset="136"><span class="value">1/3</span> <span class="type">cup</span></span>
<span class="name"><a href="http://www.food.com/library/carrot-213">carrot
juice</a> </span></span>
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<li class="ingredient" itemprop="ingredients" sizcache042458096331875117="23" sizset="139"><span class="ingredient" sizcache042458096331875117="23" sizset="140"><span class="amount" sizcache042458096331875117="23" sizset="141"><span class="value">1 </span><span class="type">tablespoon</span></span> <span class="name"><a href="http://www.food.com/library/milk-360">milk</a>
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Heat oven to 350 degrees.</div>
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Line a 9"x13" pan with parchment paper or spray with cooking
spray.</div>
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Squeeze out the liquid from the spinach.</div>
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Place spinach, vegetable oil, milk and carrot juice in a blender
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In a large bowl, combine the brownie mix, 3 eggs, and the spinach
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With two babies at home my day was extremely busy. They took turns waking me up throughout the night. I made a huge mommy mistake by letting DeAna fall asleep with the TV on. There wasn't anything out yet on stats for why parents should let a child do just that and I was exhausted. With her kicking around on my bed all night and waking up for cups of water or diaper change. Then every time her video tape ended, she woke me up ti rewind it and play it again because I couldn't afford cable. Giovani was waking up to nurse all night, at least every hour. I was totally exhausted when morning came!<br />
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In the morning, I'd get up and bathe and change both of them. We'd get dressed, eat breakfast and head out the door. With it being winter, I'd have to bundle them, and also pack a ton of diapers and change of clothes and snacks for the day because we had to walk 2 1/2 miles to take my adult education classes. <br />
Then cross the street and attend playgroups, and walk 2 1/2 miles back home.<br />
When we got home, I'd fix a lunch, usually we met up and did lunch with Stephanie who'd moved into the apartment across from mine with her baby and boyfriend. We'd watch soaps and then I'd take my kids back to my place and we'd nap. We'd wake up in time to fix a dinner, I;d take them out to play for a while, give them a bath and then clean. <br />
The only changes in our routine were when my parent aid came or friends or family came to visit. Once a week I'd put Giovani in a baby carrier that held him to my chest and DeAna in the double stroller and walk to the grocery store or the laundry mat. <br />
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At the time I got state assistance, I paid my bills on time and all were current, I even set aside a 20 a month sum to send to Feed the Children. When all that was paid, that left us with 20 a month and 40 I recieved in child support. I was able to buy diapers and wipes for the two kids and that was all. I needed a job but couldn't get daycare. <br />
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I started noticing I was getting depressed. I was still trying to work things out with Giovani's dad who was spending alot of time with us, and then suddenly wasn't..and then would..and then ended up meeting someone else. So my heart was all over the place. <br />
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I felt so guilty for having a second baby, because DeAna was now showing signs of sibling rivalry. She'd gotten a hold of him twice and put him on the floor, I felt like a horrible mother. The lack of sleep was really getting to me. I was constantly having to give her time-outs because she was doing all kinds of crazy things for attention. Trying to balance the kids and study and clean and cook. Having no time for friends at all anymore. I was stressed. My friends had graduated High School and were off to college and I was home raising two kids alone. <br />
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I felt like I wasn't getting anywhere. I also was worried I wasn't bonding with my new baby. Which was non-sense made up by my post par tum depression but I cried a lot about that. Worried I was doing it all wrong. <br />
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A few moms had told me if I switched to formula or gave him a little cereal in a bottle before bed, he might sleep longer and maybe I would feel better too. That I couldn't be the mom I wanted to be if I was exhausted all the time. The bottle gave him a bellyache and when I tried to give him cereal he projectile vomited. I ended up feeling like an even worse. <br />
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I was lucky that he hadn't developed colic like DeAna had. Other then the sleep factor he was an easy baby. Which was a very good thing because DeAna was in the midst of her terrible twos. I'd taken a very short lived position in a hell hole of a daycare center but could bring her with me, and she'd taken to biting other kids right away. She'd not bitten before. When i got my first paycheck and I got no pay at all, because the cost of having her in the daycare while I worked was more then I made. I quit and they said they were letting me go anyway because she was biter. After that she really took to biting me every chance she got. Having tantrums and refusing to go to sleep until two in the morning. <br />
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Giovani's dad and his new girlfriend moved out of state to Florida. Which ironically was where DeAna's dad had moved to as well. You know the song, all my exes live in Texas..well all mine moved to Florida I guess. I hated her, the new girlfriend. Not just because she was with my sons father, at a time where he and I were close to getting back together and because they'd moved away where he didn't see his son but because when DeAna was a baby I'd dated her daughters father for a short while. I didn't know of her at the time but when I learned he had a baby, I ended it telling him he needed to work things out with the mother of his child. Just to have her take my son's father away from me in future. It was a double blow and it hurt.<br />
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I was too scared to go to counseling ever again after what that woman had tried to do to me. I talked to my family and friends which helped of course, and my parent aid was a great support. I feel guilty now for all the time she took out of her own life to help me get on my feet. It was a struggle. I took my GED test and failed, totally. <br />
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Around that same time, I could have really just messed up, gave up, or quit. I was overwhelmed. Then God put someone on TV who changed my life. Sylvia Browne was on Montell. Between Montell everyday and the days he had Sylvia, I heard words that changed me for the better. Something as silly as a TV talk show renewed my hope. <br />
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I started buying Sylvia Browne books and became in touch with God fully for the first time in my life. I had not grown up with any religion. Not that we didn't believe in God but didn't as a family go to church or claim a label to any religion. Throughout my childhood I attended all different types of religious services with friends and family on my quest to find who God was to me. It wasn't until i heard Sylvia speak and looked into Novus Spiritus, did I finally hear what felt like truth to me. My new found hope in God suddenly turned me from a depressed and hopeless feeling person, into a powerful warrior with a great purpose. There indeed was a purpose for what I was going through, and through prayers every night, God slowly unfolded what would be an amazing plan and journey ahead for us. <br />
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Taking DeAna out for a stroll in 1998<br />
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My second child, my first son, Giovani, arrived January 11th, 1998.<br />
His birth was happy and joyous event, and yet there was so much going on in that hospital that was just not right. I couldn't make sense of it. <br />
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After his birth, I finally demanded that they allow my son's father in to see him. Why they hadn't allowed him in? That was still baffling to me. I was 18 years old, not a minor and had made no request of them that he be kept out. I couldn't understand why no one would listen to me or answer my questions but I remained calm and rational. I knew that still.. even at 18, I was watched like a hawk as a young mother and did not want to do anything to make myself appear anything less then a perfect mother.<br />
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We had visitors in and out all day when he was born. The nurses took a special liking to Giovani, they adored his name for one and paid much more attention to him then I'd seen with DeAna and my other friends babies I'd visited in the same hospital upon birth. Of course that was a good thing, but they also kept giving me the oddest looks. Have you ever just noticed when people aren't looking at you in the way you expect them to? When there eyes seem to be saying something but you can't understand what? It put me on edge but I dismissed it. Being tired, still having medication in my system, it could have been anything making me feel that way. <br />
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My sons father was there for a lot of time in. He signed the birth certificate and all those things. We finally agreed on circumcision which was something I couldn't make up my mind about and once it was done, I instantly cried hearing my newborn cry in pain. He posed for pictures holding him and all was good. <br />
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Later when he called me from the place he lived, I could hear his girlfriend making comments to me in the background. This happened at the same time a nurse was taking my blood pressure. It was something like 186/110... outrageously high and she told me to get off the phone. That talking to him was too much stress and I needed to rest. <br />
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Now babies slept in the same room as mom in the hospital but the nurse offered to take him for a little while so I could rest. I didn't see anything wrong with it. If I was a nurse working in a hospital I would want to borrow the babies, of course. Isn't that the best part of being a neo-natal nurse? Getting to spend time with the babies? I knew they adored him and I also knew I was going home on my own to not just a new born but my two year old little girl, so i should rest as much as I could. I agreed. I trusted the hospital and the nurses. I told her to bring him back so i could nurse him. <br />
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When I woke up, it was morning and my baby was not in my room. Nor had they woke me to feed him. No one was there but me. I remember how bright the sun was in the room as a warm streak of panic swept through me. I rang my bell and a new nurse came in, shifts had changed. I asked for my son, she snapped at me that she had instruction to keep him with her. I said I knew that, that I had requested that he stay the night at the desk so i could rest but I wanted him back now, he needed to eat. <br />
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She refused to bring my son back to me!!! She walked away saying she would look into it. Tears poured down my face but i refused to give in to the panic attack stroking its way through my upper torso. I wanted to sob but I was exhausted and so confused. Surely there had been some big mistake. God blessed me in that moment, because my children's Doctor, Dr. Curi, came into the room to see me and my son. He'd been my doctor my whole childhood and was now also caring for my kids. He always told me how he held me in such high regards as a mother. I explained to him what I'd been told about my son being held from me and he said he would find out.<br />
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Moments later a nurse came in and said Dr. Curi was giving my son a check up and he would be brought back to me as soon as he was done. The panic passed but moments went by so slowly. It felt like hours when in reality it was minutes, before I held my son in my arms. After that I was scared to even get up and take a shower for fear they would come in and take him. I will always be thankful to that doctor, he was an amazing man who touched my life and the life of my children in so many great ways for decades. <br />
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Only month before my own step sister had given birth to her second son only to have him snatched from her in the very same hospital by DCF. She would later regain custody of both her children was it was a long and painful battle. One I didn't want to go through myself, and one I didn't see reason for them to put us through. <br />
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I was a good mom, a young mom, but a very good mom. They had no reason in my eyes to target me but what was going on??<br />
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The rest of our hospital stay was glorious. Friends and family poured in from all over. A favorite memory of mine was having my high school girlfriends serenade my son with a duet of KC and JoJo and Boys 2 Men songs I loved. <br />
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DeAna was unsure of what to think of her mommy being in the hospital with a new baby. I tried to make their introduction as smooth and bonding as possible but it was obvious she was a little unhappy with the whole thing, In fact she was much more interested in the single serving sized box of cheerios then her new baby brother.<br />
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When the day of discharge came I was more then ready to get home and back to my new life. It was taking for ever for my discharge to happen. An older nurse, who had been overly kind to me saw the worry on my face. She told me she'd been a teen mother too who had gone through much of what I was facing. She told me not worry, things would play out but be okay. I asked her what was going on. Why had there been security outside of my door? Why had they held my son from me? <br />
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She closed the door and explained. The counselor I was seeing had called the hospital and given instruction for my son's father to not be let in. I'd even been checked in under a fake name. I later learned a friend had called and let him know that yes, I'd gone into labor, what room and the phone number to reach me. When my son's father showed up at the hospital with his new girlfriend in hand, panic broke out amongst everyone. <br />
That was the commotion I'd heard in the hallway.<br />
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When I allowed him to come in to see his son, that's when the counselor was contacted. She in turn had called the Department of Children and Families, which is why my son hadn't been given back to me right away!<br />
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Now mind you, my sons father was just 18 himself at that time with no criminal record, no problems with the law. We never had a domestic violence issue. Other then being young and immature in our relationship, there was no big issues, no threat of harm..ever!! I mean ever, ever..even to this day he is one of the greatest people you could know in life and our son is 14 years old and I still consider him a great friend. <br />
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DCF didn't respond, and didn't see what the issue was. Because it was a mandated reporter calling..that certainly says a lot about the fact that she was reporting on nothing. But why?? I will never know. I will never know why she did those things to me. I would love to say after that I never crossed paths with her again but that didn't happen. I can say that DCF never showed up at my door based on her false report and she made one last visit our house with her daughter by her side, it was uncomfortable and she said she was closing out my case because I was doing "so well". She never made mention of her calls to the hospital or DCF. I never confronted on all the heartache she caused or tragedy she tried to bring to my family. <br />
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What did happen was I brought my precious baby son home with my adorable little girl, and made a happy life for all of us. Ignoring everything and anyone who would have wanted otherwise. <br />
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US LEAVING THE HOSPITAL AND GOING HOME!<br />
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Giovani Matthew wearing the shirt his daddy bought him while I was pregnant<br />
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Started playgroup almost right away! <br />
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