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Mother’s Day in Hindsight
I hope you all had a fabulous Mother’s Day! It should be a day where all moms are made to feel special at the least in some small way. Too often, a lot of pressure is put on holidays. Kids feel pressure to find the perfect gift or outdo their siblings’ gift. Husbands are trying their best to make it special not only for their wife but also their own mother. I always tell my kids the best gift I could get would be homemade cards or something simple from the heart. In hindsight, Mother’s Day for me provided a smorgasbord of emotions! I felt so thankful for beautiful sunshine…
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Investing in your marriage
Let’s be honest, after several years of marriage or perhaps even just a couple, it’s really easy to put our spouse at the bottom of the list. It’s easy to stop investing in your marriage. Especially if there are kids involved and that means lots of care-taking, food prep, entertaining, playing and EXHAUSTION! It’s super easy to put the kids and to-do lists at the forefront and the spouse at the bottom. It’s no surprise this leads to a recipe for disaster and the relationship will slowly disintegrate into something you no longer recognize. More of a ships passing in the night sort of thing instead of the strong marital…
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What kids need most during hard times
We find ourselves in a very unique time. Unlike anything I’ve ever experienced and I would venture to say unlike anything most of you have experienced in your lifetime. Right now, the Coronavirus situation is escalating and quickly. News reports are saying these are going to be the worst two weeks yet. You can’t find toilet paper anywhere; grocery shelves continue to be empty of certain items and stores are starting to implement additional restrictions like a limited number of shoppers per square feet. Unfortunately, it feels like it might get worse before it gets better. Schools in our state are closed at least until May 1 and most people…
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Family time thanks to Quarantine
We are so thankful to have an escape – a place we can go for (usually and mostly) unplugged family time. Right now we are holed up by the lake here abiding by the “stay at home” order our country is now facing. During these uncertain and scary times, we are doing our best to find the positives and bask in the slower pace and family time we aren’t accustomed to. Truth be told, I’m quite enjoying the past two weeks we’ve had of homeschooling and not having my nights filled with driving back and forth to activities. Thankfully, my older two are pretty self-sufficient with the homeschooling so I’ve…
