Family & Relationships

Why God Made Moms (According To Second Graders)

A teacher asked, her students answered. Responses to some very important questions, through the eyes of a group of second graders (I’m telling you, kids are SMART): Why did God make mothers? She’s the only one who knows where the scotch tape is. Mainly to clean. To help us get out of there when we [...]

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Balancing Work And Family Life

I believe women can really have it all, anything they want in life…just not at all at once. I worked as a pharmacist for ten years before quitting to become a stay at home mom, because as my life changed my priorities did also. There is nothing is the world more important to me than [...]

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This Is The House That Love Built

Four years later…. And they lived happily ever after!

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He Makes My Heart Melt #SoGoodSoSweet {Give Away}

One of the sweetest moments of my life happened recently. I was told when I was having a second child that the first child will be jealous, because obviously you are going to give a lot of time and attention to the new infant. This didn’t happen in our home. Our two year old son [...]

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Bullies and Bullying- Let’s ALL Stand Up To It

As a child I was bullied. At the time it made me feel very small and unprotected, like an outsider, and I wondered what was wrong with me that I was being targeted in this way. Years later I was still sensitive about the things I was teased about as a child. As a child [...]

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Ten Small Ways To Show Your Spouse You Care

In honor of the spring, here are some easy Happy Marriage Tips to rejuvenate your relationship (it’s the little things that count, after all). Why not do something sweet and loving for your husband or wife to show them you still care and think about them throughout the day? 10 Simple Ways To Surprise Your [...]

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Why It’s Ok To Insist People Wash Their Hands Before Touching Your Baby

We recently welcomed our second son into the world, almost a month premature. As cautious as we were with our first son, we are even more careful this time, limiting visits and insisting on baby etiquette practices from those who do visit. What is baby etiquette? It’s anything we do to keep our baby safe [...]

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Introducing….

Our second son was born on February 26th at 9:29 pm, over three weeks sooner than expected. He weighed a slight 6′ 13″ and lost almost 10 ounces over the next couple days, making our little preemie even teenier (and inspiring the nickname Chicken Little). We’ve since been working on beefing our little guy up, [...]

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