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“_______ Is A Special Occasion.” A Hallmark Giveaway!

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The Hallmark Room at BlogHer11

It is no secret that I adore Hallmark cards. My mom and I used to go into Hallmark when Meg was in her stroller, and just read cards. We would pick one out and laugh and then insist that the other one read it…right now! We would laugh until our sides hurt. I hope that someday that will become a regular occurrence again. Maybe once the kids are old enough not to trash Hallmark by pulling out all of the cards then putting them back in a totally different category. I’m talking about school-age kids here, but I digress.

At BlogHer11 Hallmark had a lovely little room with fluffy comfy couches to rest upon. They had a selection of awesome cards that we could select and mail out or give to another attendee. Purple is my favorite color and they were handing out purple shirts that said, “_______is a special occasion.” We filled in the blanks. I wrote in that “Good Morning Hugs are a special occasion.” I do love me some cuddling in the morning, stinky breath and all.

@OutnumberedMom

What I adore about this campaign is that it is so simple. We need to celebrate all of life’s little moments as well as the big ones. I am not an advocate for throwing an expensive party over a first lost tooth or having a pinata tournament for a first bicycle wreck, but a thought, a hug, an extra space of time to recognize how special life is: I am all for.

To win your own purple shirt and a selection of Hallmark cards:

Leave a comment on this post saying what your special everyday occasion is!
Like Hallmark on Facebook and tell me about you did it.
Follow Hallmark on Twitter and tell me about it and leave you Twitter handle so I can follow you to!

That is three chances to win! Yippee :) Giveaway runs from August 23rd to August 29th noon. Winner will be picked by Random.org.

Don’t forget to enter my TheraBreath Giveaway! Ends 8/25

(Disclosure: I received no compensation for this review of Hallmark or hosting a giveaway. I met the Hallmark people at BlogHer11 and got a purple t shirt and two free cards at that time. My feelings for Hallmark are mine and not sponsored!)

Humor In Breastfeeding

Breastfeeding 1 Response »

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I have to admit that when I first starting writing this post it was a rather typical read about World Breastfeeding Week. Then I quickly realized that there are plenty of other sites that are covering World Breastfeeding Week wonderfully and that I can keep my subject manner light, fluffy, fun and hopefully encouraging!

Several weeks ago I was shopping with FireMom and MomOutnumbered. They were trying to get me to buy some clothes for BlogHer10. They ended up buying dresses for themselves, but I bought this:

An awesome card from Halmark for breastfeeding moms. The outside of the card reads:

Whoever said “there’s no use crying over spilled milk” Obviously never pumped six ounces, then accidentally dumped it.

Inside:

Hang in there. You are doing fine.

As soon as my amigas showed me this card I got happy. FireMom said I was flushed and I have to admit that I was overjoyed to see this card. Why? Because someone else got it. They not only got it , they massed produced it. Thank you Hallmark!

I loved breastfeeding my children, I love helping moms and babies with breastfeeding. I understand the feeling of loosing milk by accident. I once threw away 4 oz in the trash when I meant to be tossing out some yogurt and thought about it for days. I still think of it with disgust, how could I have been so careless? I cried when my sister in law called me and told me that some workmen unplugged her deep freeze and she lost a freezer full of milk. During a black out (three days without electricity) my brother gave his generator to a friend with a freezer full of frozen breastmilk. Those of us who have been there know how important our liquid gold is. We work for it and it is important to us.

Breastfeeding is a hot topic right now. I want to stay away from the contraversy and just talk support here. If you know a breastfeeding mom who is just getting started and needs an uplifting moment. Give her a card like the one above. Do her dishes for her. Bring her a new CD to listen to while she is spending a lot of time in her easy chair! You don’t have to have breastfeed your children to be able to be supportive. Just be there. And you will be yet another person who gets it.

(Disclosure: I didn’t get compensated for talking about this card from Hallmark or anyone else. I bought it on my own dime!)