When I taught first grade, the moms cried more than the kids every year, hands down. We have 9 days left here, and I'll have a sophomore and a senior ... and I still want to cry just a little. The start of a new school year can be really stressful. Not only do we either shift into being the teacher ...
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It's not always easy to let your husband take the lead. There are times when I want to get "in front," lead the way, take charge, set the course ... or hold the remote. To be a good wife is to learn to yield. Today you'll ask some simple questions that will help you be a better partner in the dance ...
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Just on the other side of town there's a big banner next to a little gravel road that says "BLUEBERRIES." It's calling my name! Our family loves to pick blueberries. Maybe we really love to eat them ... but first we love to pick them.
In case it's berry season where you live or in case you can ...
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When evil is so great that it exceeds our words, it's hard to know how to talk to our children. After the tragic and much publicized events of 911, Laura Bush, then the wife of the President, wrote a letter to children under the age of 13 to help articulate the events on their level. She wrote a ...
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It's hard to know how merciful your marriage is until you have a reason to hate each other. Instead of just avoiding a little evaluation here, it serves us well to stop and consider, "How full of mercy am I to my mate?" Because I don't want you to experience that "I could hate you right now" moment, ...
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