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04/28/2020
Our Endless Slumber Party I credit you with much of the reason I'm able to take sheltering in place in more stride than other people I've encountered. I was a working mother who foolishly waited until my kid was almost a year old before finally hearing you and quitting my job to stay home with her... More >>

Tags: Motherhood-FatherhoodPersonal ResponsibilityStay-at-Home MomValuesWomen's Point of View
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04/27/2020
Kids Paying It Forward While shopping for groceries earlier this month, my 7-year-old daughter asked if she could stay in the Easter aisle while I grabbed a carton of milk. As long as she was in eyesight, I said yes... More >>

Tags: Character-Courage-ConscienceStay-at-Home MomValues
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04/24/2020
A Dog's Last Will and Testament As a dog owner who lost a young dog a few months ago and went a week or two later to rescue my little "Nugget" from the Humane Society, I wanted to share this poem with you... More >>

Tags: FriendshipsRelationshipsValues
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04/16/2020
I Would Rather Be Alone Earlier this year, I ended a relationship that looked fabulous on paper, but, was a disaster... More >>

Tags: AttitudeBehaviorChoose Wisely-Treat KindlyDatingValuesWomen's Point of View
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04/15/2020
Cherishing the Time We Have My husband usually has an hour or more commute each way for work. Most nights, when he comes home, he's tired, so we only have a few hours before it's time to go to sleep... More >>

Tags: AttitudeBehaviorChoose Wisely-Treat KindlyMarriagePersonal ResponsibilityValues
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04/14/2020
Truth In Humor The other night, my husband and I were relaxing on the couch. I was surfing on Pinterest and came across this quote posted by another woman... More >>

Tags: AttitudeBehaviorChoose Wisely-Treat KindlyMarriagePersonal ResponsibilityValues
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04/13/2020
Strategies For Keeping My Mental Health As with all of us, major life changes have accompanied COVID-19. Our 17-month-old grandson moved to South Carolina with his parents in order to protect us (we are in our 70s). For over a year, we babysat him daily. Our family has respected our need to quarantine, however. My strategies for keeping mentally healthy currently are... More >>

Tags: AttitudeBehaviorMental HealthPersonal ResponsibilityValues
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04/10/2020
The Positive Side of Sheltering At Home You are a daily bright spot in our current world of craziness. I want to share some positives that have come about as a result of sheltering at home... More >>

Tags: AttitudeBehaviorSocial IssuesValues
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04/09/2020
Getting Kids to Follow the Rules How can you cut behavioral problems off at the pass or at least deal with them in a way that makes them less powerful or less frequent? It really all comes down to common sense and compassion for your kids... More >>

Tags: BehaviorCharacter-Courage-ConscienceMotherhood-FatherhoodParentingPersonal ResponsibilityRaising Boys to MenStay-at-Home MomTipsValues
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04/09/2020
The Power of Giving Several years ago, as we were getting ready to go to church, my daughters asked me for money to give in their Bible Study class. I hadn't gotten paid yet, so I didn't have any money at all... More >>

Tags: BudgetCharacter-Courage-ConscienceFinancesValues
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