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Kelley Shields
The Family Business News
- The Artist in Every Child
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Kelley Shields
Encouraging our children to create freely, without concern for mastery or representational accuracy, helps them develop on many levels. Establishing a relationship with their creative intellect does not have to develop into a life path.
- Crib or Co-Sleep?
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Kelley Shields
When your baby arrives, where are they going to sleep--in the bed with you, or in a bassinet or crib? Co-sleeping is a highly personal issue, around which there is a great deal of debate.
- Off to College!?
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Kelley Shields
Where did the last 18 years go? I've paid close attention to my role all these years as a parent, so thankfully I have no regrets of wishing I had been more present. And yet, on driving our first born up to college for her first semester, the sense of this day having snuck-up on me still manifested.
- Handmade Gifts
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Kelley Shields
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Finding a present for a special occasion can be vexing. Sometimes it happens that we are looking to gift someone who seems to have everything. We want the perfect gift for someone like this to be an item that carries meaning relative to the event and also pleases them to own.
- Objects and Memory
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Kelley Shields
There is truth to the sayings about distance increasing fondness and true appreciation manifesting only once something is gone. That is part of the reason we collect things--they remind us of the moments we want to extend, to keep near.
- Inspiration and Love
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Brian Sullivan
“Inspiration springs from the subconscious and is connected intimately with an obsession for a beloved person.”
- Powerful Objects
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Kelley Shields
A talisman is an object that carries an emotional value or charge imbued by the creator, the intention being to bring positivity to an endeavor or journey which the holder of the object is embarking upon.
- Dare Alla Luce
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Kelley Shields
In Italian, to speak the phrase 'to give birth' one says 'dare all luce.' Translated literally the words mean, 'to give to the light.' Birth is indeed, on its most basic level, all about giving.
- Sharing the Love
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Kelley Shields
We've had more smooth sailing on the sibling relationship front than stormy, but there certainly have been times when our daughters have clashed. When our second was born, our oldest was 6--a difficult age to accept the whole mommy-and-daddy-are-busy-with-the-baby-right-now thing.