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Strengthening Your Family Culture and Identity
I’ve been thinking a lot about the concept of family culture and identity recently. Partially because, with two rapidly growing children and a third ready to pop out, our own family identity is...
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Staying Sane as a Working Mom
This post is coming from my personal reality as a full time working mom. I’ve just had baby #3, and am going back to work on Monday after a maternity leave that sped by waaaay too quickly. In addition...
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Lessons from the Christians in the Middle East
It’s been almost a year now since our family moved, rather suddenly, away from Iraq. So much has happened, and it’s still an ongoing whirlwind. Moving across the globe and settling in, especially on...
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Turning Anger Around
If you’re active in parenting social media groups and the blogosphere, you know that we talk a lot about ways we can be more patient with our kids, more kind, more balanced. We talk about ways to get...
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Fill Up My Cup…
If you know me in real life, you know that praise and worship music isn’t my thing – unless it’s to get a little entertainment by making fun of it. That “Fill up my cup…” song, though, has a point to...
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Parenting Wisely: The Power of Praise
Once in a while, my oldest (4) walks up to me and says, “Mom, are you proud of me?” or “Mom, are you happy with me?” This warms my heart. I love seeing how much joy and satisfaction our kids get out of...
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Thanksgiving: A Feast for the Soul
Thanks to an outbreak of the bird flu this summer, grocers across the country are warning of possible turkey shortages – fewer and smaller birds for higher prices. Luckily, the bird flu didn’t affect...
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A Parent’s Guide to Teaching Gratitude
Gratitude is attractive. The grateful person tends to be happier, healthier, and more satisfied with their own life. They have an easier time forgiving others and helping others. They worry less and...
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Making Advent a Game Changer
Advent now comes and goes nearly unnoticed. The only thing worth of recognition between Halloween and Christmas is Thanksgiving, and even that has started to take a back seat as major stores start...
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How to Handle Christmas Gift Giving and Receiving
The tradition of giving and receiving gifts at Christmas time is a bit of a double edged sword – lots of good things involved, lots of parenting challenges as well. Lots of things I don’t want: I DON’T...
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