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DISCLOSURE:   I didn't get paid to write this post and I have no connection with the brands, products or services I've mentioned.  This post may contain affiliate or referral links to something I love, but will support the cost of this site if you click and/or make a purchase.  My love is genuine and was not swayed by any form of compensation. Twenty years ago, children begged their parents to go outside and play.  Today, it's nearly a game of tug-of-war ( virtual, of course ) to get the kids outside.  It's not only teens who are consumed with media and electronics, keeping them from going outdoors, but even the younger children as well as adults. It's time to get back outside and enjoy nature! In an episode of Duck Dynasty , episode 42 'So You Think You Can Date' (air date: 8/21/2013) , Grandpa Phil and Miss Kay are babysitting their three granddaughters.  Phil tries to get the girls to look at birds out the window using binoculars. The girls are

I hear Moms talk about accepting their bodies as a result of having children quite often (baby weight) . In fact, I hear people use the same reasoning with me when I'm less accepting of my body ( i.e. when we, women/moms, call ourselves FAT ). The thing is, MY body isn't the way it is because of my son and I'm not just gonna be OKAY with it. We all have a different perception of a " wrecked body ". To be quite honest, I'm not looking at yours. I don't even care. I'm so fixated on how I "feel", not how I feel people perceive me, but how I feel in my clothes (or out of them) ...that the way you think I feel about how you look is just a figment of your imagination . Let's revert back a bit. Before I got pregnant with my son ( August 1998 ), I was just over 100 lbs. I might have peaked at 105 lbs. on a "bad" day / week / month. 9 months later I stepped on the scale, the day after my son's due date and I weighed 142 lbs.