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Summertime is time to switch-up the chore chart! I’ve done it every summer forever now. I pull the chore chart off the frig and switch things up. After 9 months of doing the same old chores (hence the school year), it’s time to teach the children new tasks. Summertime is also a great time to [...]
Ever have trouble sticking with things? Are you the Queen of the unfinished? Do you jump from project to project, never feeling satisfied about the outcome? I’ve been there, I think all of us have. I wish everything in life were as easy as a Mousetrap game. From the unfinished sewing project, to the [...]
Talking to your kids about sex doesn’t have to be difficult. With a few tools and pointers, you’ll be a pro! Talking to our children about God’s plan for sex and children is a conversation we approach with great fear and trembling. Not because we are afraid to have the conversation, but because it’s such [...]
It’s graduation season! Our daughter and ‘son-in-law-to-be’ both graduated from Moody Bible Institute last weekend. Hailey and Eric plan to marry later in the year, so they are thrilled to have their diplomas in hand! They are excited to move forward with their wedding plans without the stress of finals! Hailey majored in “Applied Linguistics” [...]
Do your kids argue more than you care to admit? Photo credit Conflict among humans is a given. Adults and children alike struggle to get along with other people in the workplace, schools and even in church….myself included. The problem, as I see it, other than our obvious sin nature, is that we lack “tools“, [...]
“In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock” ~Thomas Jefferson, Third President of the US After parenting for almost 25 years now, I’ve come to certain conclusions. One of them is to pick your battles with your children. That expression never really made much sense to me [...]
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