Parenthood and Entrepreneurship

“I’ll Have Milk With That, Please.”

by VaNessa Duplessie on December 6, 2011 · 21 comments

Children are wonderful beings, most of the time when they’re not making mommies and daddies pull their hair out. I know this for a fact because I have two beautiful children and yes, sometimes I want to pull my hair out. I am consoled by the fact that they both angels when they are in [...]

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An Ode to My Last Day in My Thirties

by VaNessa Duplessie on October 3, 2011 · 18 comments

Wow. 39.99 years of my life, coming to a close and that’s not dollars. You’ll have to forgive me for this blatantly self-serving recap of my life blog post. I figure it’s my blog and if I want to use it as a means of sharing this, I can do that. You see, tomorrow I [...]

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Have Patience – Motherhood and Entrepreneurship

by VaNessa Duplessie on November 12, 2010 · 12 comments

The dictionary definition of the word patience as it relates to my writing today is: Tolerant and even-tempered perseverance or the capacity for calmly enduring pain, trying situations, etc. I don’t know about you and your business but I know the past two years have required a lot of patience on my part. I’ve been [...]

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3 Lessons from the first two weeks of First Grade

by VaNessa Duplessie on September 20, 2010 · 5 comments

My son started at a new school this year. I was very active in his previous school and was wondering where I’d jump in this year to parent volunteer. It’s not always easy for a parent to participate in their child’s education at the level they might want to with both parents working and the [...]

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What Did You Do and Learn This Summer?

by VaNessa Duplessie on August 27, 2010 · 13 comments

The last weekend before school begins for my family is here. It used to be that Labor Day weekend was the official last weekend of summer. Not so much for most people anymore. Some are in year round school and some start at the end of August. This led me to think this morning about [...]

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Vacation Thoughts – A Clearer Mindset

by VaNessa Duplessie on August 4, 2010 · 4 comments

The month of July was a whirlwind. Between the 4th of July, The No Excuses Summit and my 2 week vacation in New England with the family which was followed by friends visiting town I didn’t really have the chance to work much in July. Part of me thinks that the 18 hour days I [...]

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