Counting My Blessings
During November, our family often made an acrostic using the word thanksgiving. We'd list things we were thankful for, using words beginning with each letter. When our children became teenagers, words like telephone, summer, and ice cream topped the list. Now with grown children, I exchange a thanksgiving list with my pen pal each year.
But...... >Read More
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Facebook for Couples: 8 Things to Do Today
If you've been married for more than a couple of days you've probably already figured out that communication in marriage is really important. Being intentional about the way you communicate with your spouse sets a firm foundation for a solid relationship. The same rules apply when it comes to using Facebook once you're married. Facebook is...... >Read More
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Starting Over
Are you in the middle of a moving your family to a new house, a new town, or maybe even a new state or country? I have a lot of experience with moving. As a single person, I moved from home to college, to Louisiana, to South Carolina, and then to Hungary. Ron and I set off to France... >Read More
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Spark A Conversation
>> Watch part 6 of this series: Creative Parenting
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You know to impact children with the positive values to change their lives, we need to spend time with them. What I’m trying to say is in that time you spend with them be creative. I always wanted to do things, I’d learn... >Read More
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Do You Know Your Child?
>> Watch part 11 of this series: Creative Parenting
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How well do you know your child? Most mothers really know about their child, so many fathers don’t. Ask yourself this question and the answers can pretty well tell you. If you score, say 9 out of 10, then you’re probably a father...... >Read More
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3 Destructive Thoughts
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You know there’s some lines of thought that are so destructive when it comes to parenting.
Destructive line of thought #1: I’ll work hard now and be able to play later.
One line of thought is this: Well I’ll work hard now...... >Read More
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What They'll Never Forget
>> Watch part 7 of this series: Creative Parenting
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You know a way that will help you to be creative in spending time with your children that they really enjoy and leaving memories, is something I did. I never did much with my father because he was always drunk. I was more... >Read More
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Did God Invent Cake Pops?
My daughter, Michelle, opened the oven – the cake was a flop! ... >more
Keeping December 1st Sacred
In our family December 1st is one of the most sacred days... >more
What Do You Fear?
