Parenting

Talking to Children about Death

March 31, 2011

My brother-in-law’s battle recent battle with cancer afforded our family an exercise in talking to our children about some pretty hard issues. We learned a lot throughout the process as we talked to our children about prayer, faith, and death. After hearing that Darryl was diagnosed with cancer, we began praying for him along with [...]

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They’re Buds

May 25, 2010

As colds kept the kids and I home from church on Sunday morning, I couldnâ€™t resist taking this picture of Will and EA sitting in the chair together. And then I had to do a double-take when I realized that the very last picture stored in my camera was almost an exact duplicateâ€¦.taken several days [...]

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Punished

February 18, 2010

Each week in homeschool EA and MC have a memory verse to hopefully commit to memory by the end of the week. I have to say that I was thankful for this weekâ€™s verse as it would give me an opportunity to discuss discipline with the girls and how it is necessary and for their [...]

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Grocery Shopping with My Children

February 12, 2010

In Germany it was necessary that I took all three of my children grocery shopping with me. My husband had to work and the commissary had limited hours, so we just did what we had to do. It was not a task that I enjoyed or appreciated. Not because they were terribly behaved, it was [...]

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Being Unselfish

January 19, 2010

Last week during our Bible time in homeschool we read the story of Ruth and Naomi. I talked to the girls about how Ruth was very unselfish. Then I asked them to think of some things that they could do to be unselfish as well. They struggled a bit with this. So we talked about [...]

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Hearts at Home University

May 16, 2009

Motherhood is a valid profession. It is that belief that inspired Jill Savage and a group of women to plan the first Hearts at Home conference 16 years ago. Today these conferences are a place where moms can go to find the encouragement and education they need to do this mothering thing right! The problem [...]