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Thanks For All The Support!!

It may have been a chilly misty morning but people came out anyway and made our “garage sale” a success!  We would like to thank all the people who donated to our sale and all the people who helped in preparing for the sale.  A special thanks to Alexa and Blair Dickson who got up at 6 AM on a Saturday morning and stayed until the very end helping load things up. We would also like to thank Aslane’s thrift […]

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News / Shopping 2:12 pm , October 5, 2015 0

Let the Haters Hate

A few days ago the true intent of Magnolia Son was called into question.  There was a statement made that Magnolia Son was formed to overcompensate for my role as a bad parent to Christian.  Initially this bothered me and made me doubt my purpose and goals for Magnolia Son.  So I had a few hours of soul searching and then I remembered something that was long forgotten…… coming home one evening and fussing about a situation at work and […]

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Mission / News / Stories / Uncategorized 7:33 pm , August 29, 2015 2

I Am Who I Say I Am…

One of the first concerts Christian and I attended was Eminem with Pitbull opening.  That was before anyone knew who Pitbull was.  🙂  I told Christian not to tell anyone I took him to see Eminem because I knew I would win the “Terrible Mother of the Year Award”.  Of course he couldn’t keep his mouth shut so I won that award hands down but I wouldn’t trade those two days for anything.  We made a quick two day trip […]

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News / Shopping / Stories / Uncategorized 9:59 pm , August 17, 2015 0

My Superhero

When your children are born you as a parent are the center of their world.  Their existence centers around learning to call you, toddle to you and to show you how much they love you. Their goal in life is to be so adorable that you as their parent can’t resist them. Then as their senses develop and their understanding expands you take second place to their new favorite past time and “what I want to be more than anything” […]

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News / Stories 9:38 pm , August 13, 2015 3

What Will Your Footprint Be?

Magnolia Son may not be a large organization but what we lack in size we make up for in heart.  I would like to thank all the people who made donations today and who purchased lunch plates from us.  We are so lucky to have great people as part of the Magnolia Son family who time after time support our fundraising efforts. Due to their support we are able to make a difference in more and more children’s lives. We […]

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News / Shopping / Stories 8:45 pm , July 30, 2015 2

Have you ever turned the radio on and heard a song for the first time and thought “This song was written for me”?  Every word of the song hitting a chord in your soul that left you smiling or crying or just a little heartbroken.  And then you would play the song over and over just to feel that emotion again and again.   I am envious of those special individuals who can write so well that their emotion becomes […]

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News / Shopping / Stories / Uncategorized 6:02 pm , July 12, 2015 0

Lost Causes & Second Chances

Today seemed like a good day for second chances, lost causes and hoping for the best.  So why not get out in the sprinkling rain and pick up a kitten literally clawing its way across the parking lot.  The chance for survival – poor at best.  This small living and breathing sightless thing that was too weak to walk but yet stubborn enough to drag itself very slowly across the concrete facing off with the garbage truck plowing its way […]

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News / Stories / Uncategorized 4:34 pm , June 13, 2015 0

Take Me Out to the Ballgame!!

I am excited to announce we will be hosting a charity softball event August 22, 2015!  This will be the first Magnolia Son sporting event we have organized so we are hoping for a BIG turnout.  Christian always said go big or go home so we are hoping to GO BIG.  🙂   There will be food, activities for the kids and plenty of softball to be played.  So if you are on a team sign up and if you […]

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News / Stories 7:29 pm , June 8, 2015 2

Dr. Suess…. Who Knew?

A cat in a hat, a fish in a dish, Thing 1 and Thing 2…. WHO KNEW,  Dr. Suess was so smart about people and places and Life’s little races?  When Josh and Christian were small I read all of the Dr. Suess books to them over and over.  They were not particularly fond of Green Eggs and Ham but their all time favorite was The Cat in the Hat.  I read that to them so much I could read […]

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News / Stories 7:39 pm , May 31, 2015 2

Do Something

It has been several weeks since I have made a shopping trip with the kids.  I kept saying “Well tomorrow I will take them” and tomorrow would become the next day and the next.  So yesterday I set the goal to actually get up and do something…. do what Magnolia Son was all about.  So I took two deserving young men shoe shopping and stopped along the way for haircuts.  They were appreciative and thanked me several times and each time I […]

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DHS Kids / News / Shopping 9:02 pm , April 17, 2015 1