We're going to play a game with the pictures in this post today: How many kids in the shot are "junior high"? Have fun with it - and maybe look back on your own junior high years of awkwardness with a little more kindness than you may have in the past. You couldn't help it. You were ... Junior High. Let's talk about how we handle the changes that our children go through during those junior high years, particularly with an eye on their education. (With some essential oil suggestions at the end to help you keep your sanity!)
I would love to think that they will never have incidents of disagreement but, let's be real, marriage is work, and sometimes we don't hear one another well or have a poor understanding - and hopefully these tips will be of some use to them when the time comes.
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Did you know that your body stores, and continues to react to, the emotional blows of your past? How do you let those past hurts go and begin to move forward? This is only one suggestion in a fuller toolbox, but might be a way to get started on healing and more balanced health.
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As my oldest is getting married tomorrow, I’m looking back at some older blog posts from one I previously wrote. The faces in these pictures are younger than what you’d see in our home now, and a part of me misses those days. But this is a good life, in all of its “doing”. Live every day to its fullest possible moment, because one day, the old pictures will bring it all back.
I hope you enjoy my little note from a past self. And that it helps you see life in a different way.
December 6 is when many in the world celebrate and commemorate the man we base our modern-day "Santa Clause" stories on. St. Nicholas was a bishop in Smyrna (in Turkey). We had a fun party, and enjoyed this cute St. Nicholas sleigh craft - and bring it here to share with you!
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