Resiliency Training for First Responders

Throughout your career as a first responder, you’ve been (or will be) exposed to various traumas, disasters, and other types of events that can take a toll on you physically, mentally, and emotionally. Coupled with other stressors from your personal life and overtime, these events can become a heavy burden. You do not have to carry that burden alone. There

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Road sign under plam trees at the beach in Key West Florida Stock Photo

Beach Photos

Are you looking for beach photos to use in your project? This is a collection of some of my favorite beach stock photos that I have taken throughout our travels. [foogallery id=”8087″] These images are available for purchase through Adobe Stock Photo. If you haven’t checked them out yet, you can get a . Tips for Taking Beach Photos One

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Kindergarten Graduation Photos During COVID-19

Let’s face it, when the coronavirus hit and every mom in America was promoted to homeschool teacher for two weeks, no one could have imagined it would be the rest of the school year.  So many things changed so quickly. As the mom of a kindergarten student, it meant the tradiational kindergarten graudation I had been looking forward to since

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Life in the Forest Phonemic Awareness: Substitute Phonemes Add Final Phonemes /t/, /d/, /ed/ Blend and Segment Phonemes Phonics: Long u (CVCe) Long e (CVCe) Inflected Endings -ed Comprehension: Author’s Purpose Preview the Text Grammar: One and More Than One Writing Trait: Voice Sight Words: around, find, food, grow, under, water Spelling Words: cube, cute, flute, huge, mule, rude, rule,

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5 Steps to Go from Niche to Leverage as a New Manager

Many new supervisors are promoted to their first managerial role because they are exceptionally skilled in their technical field. As an accomplished technician, their expertise often makes them the go-to person for solving problems, creating results, and driving success. This mastery of their niche is what earns them the promotion. But then something happens. The once-thriving technician-turned-manager finds themselves struggling

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Elmo 2nd Birthday Party Ideas

By the time your child is toddling around the house, chances are good a red fuzzy monster will be one of his or her favorite characters. Chances are equally as great that you may be going to sleep at night humming the words, “That’s Elmo’s world…”. When my kiddo was about to turn two, most of her world revolved around

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Butterfly 1st Birthday Party

Your little one will have lots of birthday parties, but there will only be one first birthday party. If you’re a new parent, this special occasion is not only for your little bundle of joy, it is also to celebrate your success at surviving the first year of parenthood. Picking the theme is tough. I debated between multiple themes, but

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Fireworks Look Better When You Put Your Phone Down

Fireworks Look Better When You Put Your Phone Down

“They grow up too fast, so you can never take too many photos.”  Those are the words I hear repeatedly from total strangers when they see my little girl in public as they recall when their children were small once, too. I took their advice.  At one point, it was safe to say I was taking around 50 pictures of

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