For years, experts have told us that families who regularly share dinner together enjoy meaningful connection and build family relationships as they gather around the kitchen table and discuss their day. And yet, our family has found that meaningful dinner time conversation doesn’t always happen naturally! Food may gather us around the table, but it’s easy for electronic […]
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It has been said that we’re all either going into a life crisis, in the midst of a life crisis, or coming out of a life crisis. That’s the way it feels sometimes, isn’t it? We’re told to choose praise and to just be grateful at all times, but that’s not always easy. In fact, […]
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With tears in her eyes, my normally enthusiastic and cheerful daughter clung to me tightly as we both sat on her bed at bedtime. Despite my hugs and encouraging words of “You’ll be fine,” she seemed unable to receive comfort. Her first performance in The Music Man was just three days away, and she was […]
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Debt. It’s something that so many of us silently struggle with, and no one talks about. We do our best to try to get out of the debt cycle, but despite our best efforts, so many of us end up right back in the clutches of overspending and carrying debt (my family and I used […]
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Math is not my favorite subject! And yet, as a homeschool mom I have four children who need to learn math. Do you need to know how to teach math to your kids too (even though you’re no math genius either)? I’ve tried lots of different math curriculums and learned that the best ways how […]
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Homeschool science is one of those subjects where at-home learning really comes in handy! Kids love it (it’s pretty hard to do science without some sort of huge, messy, potentially explosive activity from time to time)! And the possibilities for fun science projects and science experiments are endless! Here are our family’s favorite fun ways to teach homeschool […]
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How’s your homeschool year going? No I mean it… how’s it really going? Do you feel like you’ve found a homeschool rhythm for your family? Or maybe you started out using a homeschool planner but found that you’ve strayed from your daily homeschool activities? Oh friend, I’ve so been there! In fact, I’m asking you the “how’s […]
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I recently spent 4 hours in an airplane listening to the people in the row behind me bash homeschooling. I couldn’t find a way to interrupt gracefully (it didn’t help that I was getting more and more angry the longer I listened), so I stuck my earbuds in. Because let’s just say my words wouldn’t have […]
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Sometimes being a mom just plain stinks. And I mean that literally! Think about it: Our lives as moms are filled with opportunities for stinky odors, aren’t they?! From overflowing kitchen trash bins and smelly-clothes-laden laundry baskets to changing multiple dirty diapers, we moms deal with stinky home odors all day long. How can we handle this ongoing wave […]
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Fights. Arguments. “Intense discussions.” Whatever you call them in your marriage, these difficult conversations can be extremely challenging. However, I want to ask you—is your communication productive during these tense moments? Do you sense that your feelings have been heard, new ways of behavior have been mentioned, and healing has begun? Let’s talk about 10 […]
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