Author: DarynKagan

An alligator living in the Okefenokee Swamp in Georgia is part of a final test making our marriage legal.
Animals, Daryn's Blog, Marriage, Travel

The Alligator And Canoe It Took To Finally Legalize Our Marriage

It’s possible our marriage wasn’t even legal. It’s not like my husband and I were in a crazy hurry to get married. We dated for two years. Carefully read and answered a book with 276 pre-marital questions. And yet, somehow we got hitched without what Husband said he would never do. “We can’t get married without going on a canoe trip,” he declared sometime during dating. We would have to see how we would do paddling a canoe. Together. Do

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Through many years of heartbreak and frustration, journalist Parisa Khosravi, shares in a tedx talk how she helped her son with autism find his voice using rmp therapy.
Family, Overcoming Obstacles, Parenting, The Hard Stuff, Uplifting Stories

How One Incredible Mom Helped Her Son With Autism Find His Voice

This isn’t just a story of one mom who has a son with autism. This one is more personal for me. It’s about my good friend and former CNN colleague, Parisa Khosravi, and her son Payam. I’ll never forget sitting across from Parisa at Houston’s. This is probably 11 years ago. Her young son wasn’t hitting the usual developmental milestones. After extensive testing, they had a diagnosis. This beautiful boy with the longest eyelashes ever was on the autism spectrum.

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How losing love and my beloved DarlaDog has sent me into crazyland.
Animals, Daryn's Blog, Pets, The Hard Stuff

How Losing Love Has Sent Me Into Crazy Land

I’ve become that lady. The crazy one. You probably figured this was coming, Dear Reader. Checking in each week to see if I’ve become her yet. Indeed, I have. The crazy lady who misses her dog. Beyond misses. Most days, I ache. It’s been about two months since DarlaDog passed. I still swear I can hear her collar jingling in the other room. Still catch my breath when I see a few scraps from dinner and have to remind myself,

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How a sweet boy and a truck reminded me the secret to love.
Daryn's Blog, Kindness, Life Lessons Took Me Long Time To Learn, Overcoming Obstacles, The Hard Stuff

How A Sweet Boy And A Truck Reminded Me The Secret To Love

A sweet boy from high school taught me something about love this week. Of course, he is no longer a boy. Now a man. A husband. A father. An incredibly happy one last July as he walked along Promenade des Anglais in Nice, France. Do you remember the evil that happened that night? As the French celebrated Bastille Day, their independence day? A crazed terrorist barreled a truck down that boulevard packed with people. His single mission was to destroy

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Teenager Mary Pat Hector wins the right to run for city council in the new city of Stonecrest, GA.
Kids, Overcoming Obstacles, Uplifting Stories

City Council Here She Comes! Teenager Wins Right To Run For Office

When most teenagers might focus on getting a ton of likes on social media, Mary Pat Hector dreams of getting votes to elect her to city council. Talk about a motivated young woman. Mary Pat is 19 and a sophomore at Spellman College in Decatur, Georgia. She set her sights on running for city council in the newly-created city of Stonecrest, Georgia. Hooray for her, yes? A young person getting involved in changing the world. Her potential opponent in the

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American Greg Krentzman who was severely injured during the Bastille Day truck attack in Nice, France is finally back home in America as a survivor.
Overcoming Obstacles, Uplifting Stories

American Survivor Of Nice, France Truck Attack Is Finally Home Six Months Later #EXCLUSIVE

Home. There is nowhere survivor Greg Krentzman and his family would rather be. After more than six months in France, they can finally say that’s exactly where they are. Home in California. Their ordeal started July 14th, Bastille Day. Greg and his French-born wife, Sophie, were walking down with their 10-year-old on her scooter. “My wife looked up and saw a truck barreling straight at us. I knew right away this was an act of terrorism,” Greg told me in

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A new free app called, "HomeSelfe" can help you bring down the crushing costs of energy during the winter.
Businesses Who Rock

Crushing Winter’s Energy’s Costs With A Free App

This article on a creative way to bring down your winter energy cost is paid content that I thought could be very helpful. I know I found some good tips. One of the biggest ways our budget takes an enormous wallop is during winter months. That’s why it is a good idea to make sure that you are using the cheapest energy provider to help you spend less on your utilty bills. You can do this by checking out someone

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Baby Sister at her first birthday party. She's the best birthday present I've ever received.
Daryn's Blog, Family

Why I’ve Never Needed Another Birthday Present Since I Was Seven Years Old

Welcome to my birthday week. Which I share, not to encourage you to send a gift. Rather the exact opposite. Don’t bother. There’s no need, As I long ago received my best gift ever. All others have always paled in comparison. This one showed up 2 1/2 weeks before my seventh birthday. A gift I knew was on the way. My parents gave my brother and me a heads up months before. Brother followed this breaking news by hauling me

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That time I passed my phone number to the guy at the Apple Genius Bar.
Daryn's Blog, Overcoming Obstacles

Why I Gave My Phone Number To A Guy At A Bar This Week

    I wrote down my phone number and passed it to a man at a bar this week.     Asked him to call me.     Please, please call me!     My husband is,     Well,     So incredibly proud.     As we have a crisis brewing.     With the new laptop I bought.     Like moving into a new house, I need to move my old files onto the new one.     Which is a problem because my old

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Businesses Who Rock, Husband's Crazy Frequent Flyer Mile Hobby, Travel

How Our Family Earned 60,000 Bonus Miles In 2016 Buying Stuff We Were Going To Buy Anyway

“How do you earn so many miles?” That’s a big question our family gets all the time. Miles Husband says it’s time to explain one of his most important, successful techniques to you. Remember this scene from the movie, “The Graduate?” In that same spirit, Miles Husband just wants to say one word to you. Just one word. “Portals.” Yes, portals. It’s how we shop for almost everything. Online shopping portals. It’s how you can make your miles multiply like

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