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This week my husband walks in the door after a long day at work to find: dishes piled in the sink, laundry all over the living room, the beef for dinner still in a frozen block, and me…looking like Frump Queen. He is gracious. And tells me to take a…
“Cease Striving and Know that I am God; I will be exalted among the Nations, I will be exalted in the earth.” Psalm 46:10 (NASB) It was another one of those weeks. I had packed my week full and the unexpected circumstance poured in and my life was like a full glass of water with…
Its summer and it seems like everyone is going on a trip. But our family is not and I don’t need to leave town to have fun. It just takes a little research, creativity, and planning to find great things to do. We can always find enjoyable things to do regardless of how much money…
At one time or another we wish we had something that we don’t have. We might even obsess about it and in our moment of feeling sorry for ourselves, jealousy creeps in. There is no way of escaping it. We make up in our head visions, what if I had blue eyes like hers, or…
Running on Empty by Heather Creekmore I read the message and a few seconds later, without even thinking, I stood in front of the pantry searching for anything that contains a little chocolate. Today a kid’s granola bar will have to suffice. Something. Must. Stop. The. Stress. But, it doesn’t. And, I’m not satisfied. Twenty…
One thing I have learned as a mom is that loving our children and building them up is not an eighteen year journey that hits a dead end and suddenly we can turn and walk away. Parenting has different stages and seasons. It may look different at age five than it does at age thirteen…
There are days when you think none of the training you have done has made any impact on the lives of your children. There will always be those days, when children are over-tired, cranky or miserable or you are anxious, stressed or feeling unable to cope. My advice as grandma would be to take a…
“Good Job!” “Way to go!” “You did great!” I hear my own enthusiastic words echoed in my kids words and tone and it makes me smile. We are nothing if not a zealous people around here. It’s not necessarily that I am trying to be a cheerleader, it is just my personality. The truth is…
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Meet Our Newest Writer For Our Community!!! Desiree will be writing twice a month on Wednesdays. She is here today to introduce herself to you. Hi! I am Desiree Taylor. I have been married to my amazing man for almost nineteen years. Duane and I actually met at a youth retreat when I was fourteen…
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