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Who is Melanie?

My name is Melanie and, in some strange twist of fate, I’m also known as Big Mama because I started this blog in July of 2006 when my daughter, Caroline, was not quite three years old and I was in the process of convincing her that BIG girls use the potty and BIG girls don’t have pacifiers, thus she thought BIG was the highest compliment in the land and began referring to me as BIG MAMA.Read More

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We had the most fun at our Big Boo Live show this

We had the most fun at our Big Boo Live show this weekend. Is there anything better than having some of your very favorite people all together and laughing until your side hurts? I think no.

When you get to FaceTime your favorite girl after

When you get to FaceTime your favorite girl after a long week. ❤️🐾

Look who humored her mom and sent a first day of s

Look who humored her mom and sent a first day of school picture. Gig’em. 👍🏻❤️

Exciting news for a Monday!! 🎉⁣ ⁣ Last year

Exciting news for a Monday!! 🎉⁣
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Last year @boomama205 and I did a couple of live podcasts with @compassion, and we loved it. So when Compassion - an organization we both respect and support - reached out to us about doing an actual live show in Nashville, we were all about it. ⁣
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We would love for you to join us! There will be laughs and fall favorites and a special guest who will no doubt provide even more laughs. ⁣
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A new child sponsorship through Compassion gets you a VIP ticket (pre-show fun with us, a great seat, and some of Sophie’s mama’s recipes). ⁣
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There are also other ticket options, so just look for the link in my bio or on the @compassion page. ⁣
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Can’t wait to see y’all on October 16th!! 🎉

She’s all moved in and ready for all the fun and

She’s all moved in and ready for all the fun and adventure that waits ahead over the next four years. ⁣
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As for me, I’m going to need some time to process it all. I don’t know that I’ve ever felt so many different emotions in one space of time. But what a gift to know she’s exactly where God wants her to be and knowing she is in his hands. ⁣
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On a less spiritual note, we spent her last week at home watching movies we felt she needed to see before we launched her out into the world. This included such classics as Lonesome Dove and The Electric Horseman. At the end of Electric Horseman (spoiler alert but it came out in 1979 so enough time has passed), Robert Redford sets Rising Star free to run with all the wild horses. And as he’s taking off the horse’s bridle to let him loose, he charges him with this, “Go make something of yourself”.⁣
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Go make something of yourself, kid. This is your time to run free and be everything you were meant to be. Also, call your mom. ⁣
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Also, Gig’em. ❤️👍🏻❤️

Woke up to 50 like Sally O’Malley today. ⁣ ⁣

Woke up to 50 like Sally O’Malley today. ⁣
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“I’m proud to say I’m fifty years old. I’m not one of those gals who’s afraid to tell her real age, unlike some other gals. And I like to KICK, STRETCH, and KICK! I’m FIFTY!”⁣
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In fairness, that kick might cause me to pull something. But I’m kicking in my head and that’s what counts. Bring it on, 50. ❤️⁣
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