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Sunday, November 19th, 2006One of the building blocks of an excellent education is reading. It opens up an amazing world of action and adventure. Breathtaking journeys have been undertaken, uncharted areas of the globe discovered, magnificent new friends met, all through reading. Unfortunately, many children sit on the sidelines unable to read fluently enough to participate in these [...]
Thankfulness Is Always In Season
Sunday, November 5th, 2006Your children are precious. The time spent teaching and training may be great and take a serious commitment on your part, but it is worth your effort! One quality that does not occur naturally in children is that of thankfulness. In Luke 17 we read this story: Now on his way to Jerusalem, Jesus traveled [...]
Marvels Are Not Always Marvelous
Sunday, October 29th, 2006The Roman aqueducts were a technological marvel. Eleven aqueducts poured water through hundreds of miles of tunnels and raised archways. The Romans created this distribution system which was second to none. But there was a cost. In an effort to get the water to travel through low areas, lead pipes were used to create sophisticated [...]
Flowers and Little Girls
Wednesday, July 19th, 2006Little girls and flowers. Seems like a combination that was made in heaven. For whatever reason, girls are often attracted to and desire flowers. While on vacation this past week, I witnessed two incidents involving flowers and toddlers that concerned me. While on a walk through a North Carolina neighborhood, a little girl was crying [...]
Merry Christmas
Monday, December 19th, 2005Merry Christmas! Parents, with days to go until Christmas, let me encourage you to “step back and take a deep breath!” I know, there is so much to do. Things to buy, decorate, bake, wrap, as well as people to write, visit and call. While you are in hyper drive don’t forget about your [...]
Celebrating Christmas or Surviving until School Starts Back Up?
Friday, December 9th, 2005Life with little ones is always exciting! Mix in sugar, parties, presents and what do you get? Usually a headache! Are you the parent of a small person, asking yourself “how am I going make it through Christmas?” How did Mark and I survive those early years? As I recall it was a team effort [...]
Preparing for Christmas
Tuesday, December 6th, 2005All of us have additional responsibilities during the Christmas season. The month and a half before New Year’s is perhaps the busiest of our year. So many presents to shop for, wrap and send, so many parties and school programs to attend, even extra church services, not to mention the extra cooking and decorating. How [...]
Trust The One Who Never Fails
Tuesday, October 18th, 2005At one time when my children were much younger I was afraid they would turn from God because of something I did or did not do. It sounds silly now, looking back. We were purposefully training our children in the knowledge of God and His ways. We were praying for them daily and trying to [...]
A Rewarding Perspective
Sunday, October 9th, 2005When my children were very small, more experienced mothers I knew would tell me that the early years pass quickly and that I would miss them when they’re gone. How could this be true? We had 4 children in 7 years. Every day seemed like a week. They were so beautiful but so exhausting. I [...]
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