The Power of Showing Up
We all know someone who is walking through a battle. Maybe it’s a chronic illness that has changed everything. Maybe it’s cancer, a diagnosis that came out of nowhere, or…
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Gift Ideas for High School Graduates
This graduation season feels especially personal in our house because our son is graduating from homeschool after being homeschooled since Kindergarten. When you homeschool, you are there for everything. The…
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Traveling Well Even When Things Don’t Go As Planned
Traveling can really be one of the best gifts. New places, new memories, and time spent together. It's the kind of thing you look forward to for weeks or even…
Posted inHomeschool
How to Organize Homeschool Curriculum
We've been homeschooling for a long time now. So long, in fact, we've got one just about to fly the coop. And I do mean fly. As such, we've accumulated…
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Home Improvement: When the House Starts Talking Back
Home improvement needs have a way of sneaking up on you. It rarely starts with a dramatic collapse or a movie-worthy disaster. More often, it begins with a quiet moment…
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Valentine Gifts for Tweens & Teens on Amazon
Valentine’s Day can feel a little tricky once your kids move past the construction paper hearts and candy exchanges. The elementary school days of filling out cards for every classmate…
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Hello, Fifty: I’m Walking Into Jubilee
January is my birthday month, and since I was born in 1976, that means I'm fifty this month. I'm not disclosing the actual day. Not because I want to celebrate…
Choosing the Right Floor Cleaner
Can we chat about floors for a moment? I got sick the week before Christmas and couldn’t clean my floors for several weeks. Then finally felt like doing something more…
Fresh Starts
There is something deep in us that longs for a fresh start. We feel it at the beginning of a new year. After a hard season. When the calendar flips,…
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Play With Purpose Shopping Guide
The holidays are coming, and that means if you haven't already shopped, you really need to start. If you’ve ever found yourself standing in the toy aisle, completely overwhelmed by…
