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I’ve been chosen as a confidant to two friends on opposite sides of the country, both going through devastating circumstances. A complete upheaval of life as they knew it A total obliteration o...

https://www.handsfreemama.com/2023/03/17/watch-what-happens-when-you-ask-a-weary-human-this-one-question/

While we were crabbing one night during our beach vacation, my 10-year-old daughter suddenly turned away from her sister and cousins’ joyful antics. They had managed to catch a ghost crab and w...

https://www.handsfreemama.com/2017/06/30/a-vacation-breakthrough-that-led-to-a-healthier-happier-family-kindness-for-all/

“What you need, I need too What you are, I am too 'cause we're all the same under a different name.” -Ingrid Michaelson Throughout the month of July, I took a break from writing and posting o...

https://www.handsfreemama.com/2016/08/01/how-to-quench-a-thirsty-soul-in-fewer-steps-than-expected/

“Hold, hold on, hold onto me ‘Cause I'm a little unsteady A little unsteady.” —X Ambassadors *Name has been changed for privacy reasons When it feels too dark to rise, but you gotta get u...

https://www.handsfreemama.com/2016/03/23/with-unsteady-hands-i-offer-you-this-invitation/

I haven’t been able to get a recent tragedy out of my mind. I thought perhaps it was because it happened in the state where I grew up. I thought perhaps it was because I am an avid concert-goer...

https://www.handsfreemama.com/2011/09/11/do-what-you-can-do/

The week before Easter, I had a proposal for the good people of The Hands Free Revolution. I asked that we ban together and collectively recognize those who are underappreciated and often forgott...

https://www.handsfreemama.com/2011/05/15/no-thanks-necessary/

On Valentine’s Day, my daughters and I put a little happiness in one of the most unsuspecting places for people who least suspected it. We remembered those who are often forgotten. And the resu...

https://www.handsfreemama.com/2011/04/17/for-the-forgotten-and-underappreciated/

A few weeks ago, I celebrated a birthday. I was overwhelmed with kindness from all directions…family, friends, even strangers who have become part of my life through this blog. Several of my cl...

https://www.handsfreemama.com/2011/02/14/the-angel-impact/

*Name has been changed to protect privacy Last week I received an email message from a man living on the East Coast. It was the type of message that one has to read several times to grasp the ful...

https://www.handsfreemama.com/2011/02/02/it-only-takes-one/

I recently had the opportunity to practice one of my Hands Free strategies, which is called Take Time to Say It. Making an effort to express appreciation for people in my life through note writin...

https://www.handsfreemama.com/2011/01/30/the-tipping-point/