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Thanksgiving and Black Friday are now behind us. There are 29 days until Christmas is here. How do we decide what is important and what is not as this holy day approaches? What message will our children read between the lines as they watch us get ready for this special day – this is where they will get their clues about what is truly important to you. If our total focus is on gift buying, festive parties, and extravagent decorations,

Lifted up by an amazing all powerful God

What do you do when you get discouraged? Throw a pity party? I’ve been in one of those moods recently and during my morning Bible reading it occurred to me I was not spending time in personal praise and worship of God. So starting with “praise and worship” as my search terms I called on YouTube to supply some sing-along praise songs to help me out. Here are a few of my finds for your listening pleasure, or better

Tips for Mom’s with school children

As a grandmother who, outside of Skype visits, seldom gets to spend time with her grandchildren, it is hard to blog about raising children. Today I came across an article on the Internet that I believe will help school mom’s to keep up with their children’s school assignments and all those school papers – the one’s to sign and return, the ones to save, and the ones to treasure forever. Check out this blog post by Kat Lee: 

When times seem hard…

It is so easy for we who have everything to complain because we don’t have something we want. I wish my house were bigger. I  wish I had more money to market my books… I wish… I’ll spare you the rest of my wish list. Today I read a blog post by a missionary in Africa that was so awesome and eye-opening that I had to let you, my readers, in on it. Please read Hope for the

Traveling Tip: Road Trip Binders for the Kids

See how many state license tags you can find as you travel. I came across a “must share” idea for families on road-trip vacations. Brandy Nelson shares how she made special road-trip binders, one for each of her two sons, that are packed full of activities and games her boys can play while riding in the car. Inserted into the front cover of the binder is a map with the planned route highlighted. Her collection of activities are available as downloads