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A number of years ago, a girlfriend of mine encouraged me to begin writing a blog. Blogging was just becoming a "thing" of sorts, and I gave it a feeble effort. The title of the blog was "Good Morning VietMom," and I chose that title because I was becoming increasingly aware of the fact that being a mother was a serious battle. At the time, our nation was mired in a war that began on September 11th, 2001, but I was a young mother fighting a serious war on the home front - a war called PARENTING. This Mother's Day I am reminded of that somewhat silly blog but also of the not-so-silly reality that we face in raising our children in a war zone known as planet Earth. As the mother of three sons and a daughter and as a full-time educator, I find myself more than ever battling for the emotional, mental, and spiritual well-being of my own children and the children in my daily care at school. I am astounded at the difficulties and confusions facing our young peop ...
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