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I have to admit to being more excited than I probably should be today.  I was asked a while back to write a guest blog piece for Family Matters, and it's out for all to see today.  

I don't think I've made it a big secret that Tim Kimmel is, without a doubt, my favourite author when it comes to parenting and family advice. If you've forgotten, you can check out my singing the praises of some of his books and the Family Flag Page here. So when Karis, Creative Director at FM, asked me to write a guest blog post, I may or may not have made a puddle on the floor in my excitement.  TMI?  That's not a first either.

Here is a snippet from my maiden blog:  

As kids, we all thought our mom was the best, and our dad was the greatest.  It wasn’t until I was married with kids of my own that I realized how much my perception of my dad had to do with work my Mom was doing behind the scenes to, as Dad puts it, “make him look better than he should.”

I also learned after being married for 15 years and counting, that these good things don’t just happen by accident.

Here are  a few practices, some big and some small, that I saw my Mom do. They helped make Dad a father worthy of celebration. Her attitude and choices made a difference.  Because of how she chose to set my Dad up for success, time and time again, we grew to love and appreciate the best in my Dad. 

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Being the Fun Country girl that I am, it crossed my mind to have a maiden blog-post party, with lots of food, and maybe even a craft or two. But then, that might be a little too much celebrating...as if there is such a thing ;)

If you did read the article, and you feel like leaving some feedback - please do so on their blog, maybe they will ask me to do it again!