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Rare Disease Day is Coming Up!
Rare Disease Day was established to raise awareness amongst the general public and decision-makers about rare diseases and their impact on patients’ lives. Help me spread awareness about mastocytosis...
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Starting Over
I've been contemplating blogging again for years and finally it hit me, why don't you get all your sister in laws in and co write a blog thus eliminating some of the stresses of keeping up with a...
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Thanks Be To God - 4th Sunday Relief Society Lesson
I have recently been called as a Relief Society teacher for the 4th Sunday of the month! I've found lots of help from others' blogs when discussing Relief Society Lessons, however it's be a...
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Meet Ally
Hey there! I’m Ally Dotson. I am married to the youngest Dotson brother, Andy. We got married in 2011 at 18 and 19, fresh outta high school! Since then we’ve had two adorable little boys! Sterling is...
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Meet Erika.......(again)
I know I've been the main blogger over on this site originally but that's been YEARS ago and life has changed quite a bit since then so it's time to reintroduce myself. I'm Erika Dotson, wife to the...
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Teach Me a Thing or "Two"sday
Hey there! Tuesdays are going to be our day to "teach" you guys about something we've been up to. Tracy and I are both teachers, so you will often see stuff about teaching. However, you will also find...
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Meet Caroline
Well, hello there! I’m Caroline. I’m not sure what to focus on in my introduction- that I pretty much lived as a child in the funeral home that my parents ran? That I’m a Licensed Clinical Social...
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Food for Thought Thursday
Insta pot is a mad genius. If you haven't purchased one of these for yourself or your family yet I don't know what's wrong with you?!?!?! Ok but why do you need one? Let me explain: I can cook fresh...
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Meet Mattie
Mornin y’all! My nature is to be an early bird. I love a new day, a good sunrise, and a fresh start. So similarly, here is my blog opener to you all. I’m Mattie Dotson, a wife to my best friend Luke...
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Mommin' on a Monday
Mommin' on a Monday what does that even mean? Who knows? Anyways I decided that today it meant sharing a little something that helps this momma of four out at the ballfields. I had seen these before...
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Watcha Wearin' Wednesday
One of my favorite FRIENDS episodes of all time is The One with All the Wedding Dresses. Here’s a quick recap: Monica is annoyed because her roommate doesn’t do the dishes. Phoebe is pregnant with...
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Food for Thought Thursday
How does what you eat affect how you feel? I know we all have good times and bad times and that's just life isn't it? But maybe you've got caught up in a moment you can't snap out of? Did you ever stop...
View ArticleFitness Friday
More like, just working on “fitness” booty in dem jeans. Let's get real for a minute. Around February I started feeling really bad about what I saw when I looked in the mirror. So, I finally decided I...
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Mommin’ on a Monday
The baby carrier of my dreams! Yep those are the things you dream of after you become a mom. I have 2 other soft sling carriers that were great for a fresh newborn. But Boone is close to 13 pounds now...
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Teach Me a Thing or "Two"sday
We are having a yard sale this weekend so I decided to teach you a thing or two, (or ten things) about hosting a yard sale. Over the past few years we've had yearly yard sales and they've been quite...
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Whatcha Wearin’ Wednesday
Mike, Mike, Mike, Mike, Mike. What day is it Mike? HUMP DAY! Fun fact: my dads name is Mike and he thinks that commercial is pretty awesome. Anyways, happy hump day y’all! I’m kind of all over the...
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Food for Thought Thursday-Words of Advice for Your Travels in Life
I don’t consider myself to be travel-savvy. After all, I’ve only been on three international tripsand I completely missed the “spring-break in Mexico” memo. I don’t speak foreign languages and I stick...
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Fitness Friday
If I could shout this from the rooftops you would hear me around the world! First things first, please get in the proper shoes. A trip to Rush Running in Northwest Arkansas and they will hook you...
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Mommin’ on a Monday
Happy Monday y’all! I’m celebrating today cause it’s the last Monday of the school year (of my first year of teaching)! Today I wanted to tell y’all about my journey through motherhood! I became a mom...
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Teach me a Thing or Two’sday-
My junior year in high school, I took a psychology course. The first day I walked in, there were four urinals drawn on the board. The teacher proceeded to explain the thought process of which one a man...
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The Most Perfect Mother's Necklace from Bella Vita Jewelry!
I probably should have shared this oh you know several weeks ago but in true Erika fashion, better late than never right? I had let TW know one year that for Christmas I really wanted a mother's...
View ArticleIt Doesn’t Make You a Bad Mom!
It’s easy to feel like a failure when it comes to all the different aspects of motherhood. For me it was not being able to exclusively nurse. I’m an RN with past experience in...
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The Year I Gave Up Fast Food and Soda
It was 2008. I was in my second year of college and had visited my brother in the military during the holidays. He wanted to run a marathon because anything physical fitness-related runs in his...
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In Memoriam of Memorial Day
Ye have slept on the ground before, And started to your feet At the cannon’s sudden roar, Or the drum’s redoubling beat. But in this camp of Death No sound your slumber breaks; Here is no fevered...
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For the First Year Teachers
I can’t believe I am a teacher, let alone that I’ve already made it through my first year of teaching! It was an eye opening year for sure! This was me on the first day of the school year. I was...
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