Social media sites are abuzz with varying opinions on the recent death of George Floyd. I’ve read everything from outrage over his senseless murder and the looting and destruction that has followed to outrage over the outrage because it’s not enough to simply be outraged. I’ve read justifications for the…
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Unless you live under a rock, you have probably heard of this issue known as immigration. Our country is at its wit’s end; yet another subject that seems to be causing more division among Americans. Even people from other countries are watching what we are doing here in the States,…
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This post has been weighing on my heart for a long time…I’m talking years. This particular aspect of parenting keeps creeping into my life and then I get busy and forget about it, but it’s one that I think is important to discuss. Now, this post is mainly for parents,…
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I am an Army wife and a mother of 7. I also grew up with 8 brothers and 4 sisters. There are few things in life that intimidate me. Cauliflower crust was one of them. I have always envied my friends’ pictures of their cauliflower crusts knowing that it was…
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There is no way that anyone will ever be able to convince me that there isn’t a God. Ever. Today is one example of why… Tomorrow is my son Jonathan’s high school graduation. Let me give you a little background on the boy. He is somewhat of a freak of…
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I hope you enjoyed my video introduction. I’m trying something new with my blog posts in the hopes of giving them a bit more personality by adding a video intro to each of them. Please let me know what you think. Do you prefer the video intro or would you…
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I am a firm believer in leading by example. It’s not an easy thing to do, but if we at least keep that as the gold standard and try our best to live up to it, I believe we would all be better for it. When we look at our…
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Growing up in a large family, our house was pretty much chaos 24/7. I think my mom liked it that way. If the house was too quiet she seemed uncomfortable. She slept with the television on just for background noise…come to think of it, the television was ALWAYS on, not…
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Remember the last couple of weeks before New Years when everyone was chatting it up about all of the great things they were going to accomplish in the new year? Remember that? Yeah, me too. I was one of those people with a list of resolutions this and goals that…what the…
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It’s currently 12:32 a.m. By all accounts, I should be in bed. I have 5 teens/preteens to get up and out the door in roughly 5 hours. Why, then, am I writing a blog post? Well, when the spirit strikes you listen…that’s what writers do. I’ll make this one short…
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