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Sparking a Love of Reading with an Audio Drama
I recently discovered a way to encourage my son to find reading for the enjoyment of a story. I found that an audio drama excited his curiosity and inspired him to ask for more books. I’ve often written about my son and how he started reading at a very early age. I can remember he would take his Winnie the Pooh board books and then re-type them into our computer’s Word program when he was so little. By the time he was 3 he could read fluently. We would drive down the road and he’d read billboards, and street signs. He’d pick up magazines and sit and read them to me. …
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10 Classic Games for Family Night You Probably Forgot About
Games are fun. Spending time with family playing games is fun. Too often we get caught up in new and flashy games. But, classic games can be just as fun. This post contains affiliate ad links to 3rd party sites where products purchased may result in paid compensation for this blogger. Which is why I wanted to pull together a list of old fashioned games that you probably forgot about. Of course one of the all time favorite classics is Monopoly. But it’s not one that most people forget about so I didn’t include it in the following list. My very favorite classic board game is The Stock Market game. Are…
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How to Solve Sleep Problems with a Music Pillow
Sleep has always been a problem in our household. For me personally, I have had insomnia all of my life. My mom said that from the day she brought me home from the hospital I didn’t sleep. When Young Man came along it wasn’t long before I realized that he is not a sleeper. In fact, he gave up napping at 18 months. I spent night after night rocking him or walking the floor with him in the hopes that he would fall asleep because I knew that a baby needed sleep, right? Aren’t we mammas told that little ones need 10-12 hours of sleep, plus a nap or two…
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Goals Check-in for March
We’ve reached March and it’s Time for a Goals Check-in I’m a day behind with my goals check-in post because I am traveling on the east side of the country. I have had several things to attend to including speaking at a homeschool moms retreat, sending Young Man to a youth conference with his previous youth group, meeting with our tax advisor, and visiting with friends and family back in Ohio and West Virginia. I took this picture on a day when Young Man and I had been walking around the neighborhood and sat on the front steps to rest. He’s reached the age where he doesn’t want his picture taken…
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I’m the Kind of Mom Who…
I’m the kind of mom who gives my son the last bite of my cupcake because he was looking longingly at it. This post contains affiliate links to products which may be purchased at external sites. I’m the kind of mom who stops what I’m doing to listen intently as he tells me about his next great idea, or Minecraft build, or plan of whatever sort it might be, because he is more important to me than whatever that thing was I was previously doing. I’m the kind of mom who measures my son’s growth by how his hand fits in mind and realize there will come a day when…
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February Authentic Goals Check-in
Happy February everyone! January sped by for me. With moving into a new home, in a new state and getting our family settled it just whizzed by! How about you? How did your January go? We didn’t have a lot of snow in our area. Just an inch or two over several weeks. But, we are expecting snow tomorrow I believe. Since I shared with you my goals for the year I want to do a monthly check in to share how I’m doing managing these goals. I do hope that you feel comfortable also sharing your goals with me, you can leave them in the comments below and we…
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Dear Foster Mom Who Guards with Love
Dear Foster Mom, I know that sometimes you feel as if you are all alone. What you do on a weekly, daily, and hourly basis is so far removed from what your friends are doing as moms. But, they don’t understand that, do they? I know that you are pouring your heart out, laying it open, for littles who are not your own. That’s not to say that you don’t long for them to be, but you understand the reality that at any moment the connection you’ve worked so hard to build, the relationship you strive to grow, the heart you long to protect, can unexpectedly be broken. You…
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All Lives Matter Choose LIFE #ShoutYourAdoption
I am not one to delve into a political discussion on my blog. I have opinions, ideals and I do enough political monitoring to be able to make informed voting decisions. But when it comes to the day in day out political discussions happening around the web, I usually steer clear. Today, I’m pretty fired up. Seeing posts, tweets, and trends celebrating the murder of millions of innocent children, babes, well that sickens me. How did we become a society that devalues HUMAN LIFE so much that they want to shout it from the top of their lungs that they murdered their own child? Then God said, “Let Us make…
