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O is for Oatmeal Bar

August 16, 2020 by The Alphabet Mom 1 Comment

and Ollie Owl, How to Be a Good Pal We are rocking readers…like rocking our way through the alphabet on a jet stream. That sounds fast, doesn’t it? I’m just a fast kind of girl. Just ask anyone in my family. I was always the fastest one on the team. Well, as long as I […]

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A-Z…This Virus is NOT Bigger Than Me

August 2, 2020 by The Alphabet Mom 9 Comments

but it almost was Well, hello there fellow hostages…how in the world are you? That was a really dumb question…I know how in the world you are. Same as me. Bloody trapped in a really BAD Sci-Fi movie. Like bad. Like the kind you watched when you were 12 and showed the world in a […]

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I is for Iceberg Cornbread Layered Salad

March 13, 2020 by The Alphabet Mom Leave a Comment

and Iguana Ike, the Truth is What I Like “I’ll take a salad.” “I’ll think I will order the salad today.” “I guess I should get a salad.” “Could I have the salad with no croutons and the dressing on the side?” This is the worst, right? When everyone at the table is having Shrimp […]

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Bereaved Parents Awareness Month

July 19, 2019 by The Alphabet Mom 22 Comments

or for anyone who is grieving I want to start by saying that today’s blog post is a tough one to write. For the most part, writing generally comes pretty easy for me. But today? Well, this blog post will not. In fact, on this rainy Sunday afternoon, when I should be testing recipes or […]

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It’s the Dream That Will Not Die…

June 29, 2019 by The Alphabet Mom Leave a Comment

Closeup of author Cindy Foust seated with her books stacked in the background

…what’s your dream? The question I still get ask the most frequent is “How did you start your business?” Well, it may not be the question I’m ask the most, that question would be, “Mom, can I have some money?” But I do get ask a lot about starting a business and I’m not altogether […]

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What Does Home Life, Parenting, Small Business and Literacy Have in Common?

June 24, 2019 by The Alphabet Mom Leave a Comment

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it probably has to do with the alphabetmom.com I thought you’d never ask, because I’m sure it’s a question that has been keeping you up at night. It sure keeps me up at night, because, well, I’m launching a blog with these four platforms. Your next question might be, well, why? Because these are four […]

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Dr. Cindy Foust-heimer is in the House

June 19, 2019 by The Alphabet Mom 6 Comments

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(or on the blog) If you are new to my life (which means you have no idea who in the ding-dong I am), my name is Cindy Foust and I am an author who lives in small town America. And I love it. I love that I know at least one person at the grocery […]

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What the World Needs is Another Blogger

June 17, 2019 by The Alphabet Mom 4 Comments

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and her name is the Alphabet Mom  So, I write a blog? That means I have something in common with 173,000,000 other people in the world. Seriously, you didn’t miscount your zeros. I join one hundred seventy-three million other people in the world who write a blog. I read somewhere that one blog is created […]

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