Don't Let Anything Get in the Way of Your Child's Future! #startingisbelieving

This post is sponsored by the Florida Prepaid College Board, through my role as a Believer Blogger. All thoughts are my own.


As a parent, there is really nothing more important than my child and his future. We all know this.  Helping him find success in school is one of those things.  I grew up knowing I would go to college.  It was never a choice.  My parents just taught us that we would, as if everyone does.  So... we did.  

It was very important to me that I ensured that for my son. When we sold our home 12 years ago, we made a significant profit and were able to pay for a Florida Prepaid plan outright.  Not everyone is that fortunate.  But it's okay because there are many different payment plans and program options.  

There is a recorded webinar https://www.webcaster4.com/Webcast/Page/1511/24661 you can watch and learn all about this. You will learn how families have been using Florida Prepaid for 25 years to send their children to college.  You will be able to connect with a Florida mom who can give you firsthand knowledge of getting started and how this will impact your children's future success.

The webinar is Tues. Feb. 20th from 12:00-12:45 PM EST.  There is no cost to register. Don't miss this valuable information that will help your child's future!


If you haven't already, NOW is the time to sign up.  Open enrollment ends February 28th!
Sign up using promo code Mindy1718 to get a discount. 
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The tastiest Mouth Guard: MoGo Mouth Guards

Anyone who has a child who participates in sports or who is an athlete himself or herself knows that mouth guards are essential in any contact sports. While I watched my son play tackle football, I worried that he would take his mouthpiece out and forget to put it back in. Mouth guards are a staple for contact sports athletes, but what do most youth athletes do the moment the whistle blows? They pull out their mouth guard and when the action starts again, they scramble to get the mouth guard back in their mouths. A large part of this scenario is because mouth guards don't fit properly and they taste horrible. That is where MoGo Sport Mouth Guards come into play. 

MoGo is the first flavored mouth guard on the market with technology that uses a player's dental impressions to provide a custom fit mouth guard with unrivaled protection on the field. It is worn by thousands of athletes across the country at the youth, high school, collegiate, and professional levels. So what makes MoGo stand out? Performance, Protection, Fit and of course, FLAVOR! No other product provides this kind of protection while giving athletes a reason to keep the mouth guard in their mouth throughout the entire game. I wouldn't trust my son with anything else~ 

They sent me a few for my son and his friends to try out. The boys loved them! And they won the championship! My son's favorite flavor was mint!

There is a great giveaway going right now too.  Daily prize packages include a MoGo flavored mouthguard and a MoGo tshirt.  We will also do a different weekly mini grand prize each week; a football signed by Colin Kaepernick, a hockey puck signed by Evgeni Malkin or a basketball signed by Stephen Curry.  The grand prize winner gets all 3! The link to enter is on our fan page at https://www.facebook.com/mogo.sport/app_208585222608866

Do you have children who participates in sports? Do they wear a mouth guard?

Headbands of Hope and giveaway!

I would love to introduce you all to Jessica Ekstrom. She is doing something amazing, and I want to help her. She is a senior at North Carolina State University studying communications. She launched Headbands of Hope in April 2012 during her junior year. Since then, her company has been featured on the TODAY Show and TOMS Shoes Blog. Jessica is providing us 3 headbands for a giveaway. 

Please enjoy this guest post by Jessica.

Almost everyone can think of a moment where they knew their life was about to change. For me, my moment was right before my 20th birthday in the summer of 2011. I began my internship at the Make-a-Wish Foundation that I can confidently say, changed my life forever.

Everyday, I got to wake up and grant the wishes of children with life-threatening illnesses. I took day trips to visit the wish kids at their houses and bring them their favorite toys. We received hundreds of letters from wish children that said we changed their lives; little did they know, they were changing mine.

I thought about the thousands of girls around the world losing their hair to chemotherapy. Being a young girl presents many struggles with self-esteem already and losing their hair as a result of a life-threatening illness is traumatic.

For girls and women everywhere, their hair is a part of their feminine identity. Wigs can be uncomfortable and unappealing, especially to younger girls.

I realized that headbands are the perfect way for these girls to keep their feminine identity and have a constant reminder that they're not alone. Therefore, I started HeadbandsOfHope.org.

For every headband purchased, one headband will go to a girl with cancer and $1 will be donated to the St. Baldrick's Foundation to fund life-saving childhood cancer research.

Since I launched in May of this year, I've sold thousands of headbands online and in stores around the nation. I created a company where I didn't have to choose between making a living and making a difference. I can wake up and do both at the same time.

I’ve had the opportunity to distribute headbands to girls in the hospitals across the nation. The best part of my job is opening the door to their room and seeing their faces light up when I bring dozens of colorful headbands to their beds to choose from.

Even though it’s fun and fulfilling to bring the girls headbands in the hospitals, I’m constantly reminded that there still isn’t a cure.

Childhood cancer takes the lives of more children in the U.S. than any other disease - in fact, more than many other childhood diseases combined. 

Children with cancer cannot be treated simply as "smaller adults." The cancers strike kids differently and they are in a crucial stage of development, which complicates the effects of treatments and can result in life-long complications.

Progress is also especially slow in curing adolescents and young adults, because federal funding for childhood cancers is a fraction compared to adult cancers. 

Therefore, attention needs to be brought to childhood cancer. Progress can't be made without research. Research can't be done without funding. And funding can't be done without awareness.


Headbands of Hope aims to start with awareness and end with a cure. Together, we can spread hope in all girls…one headband at a time.

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*Disclosure: Headbands of Hope provided me with a headband and a tshirt. All opinions are my own.