Broken Concentration
My two daughters, aged 14 and 12, share a bedroom. There’s a bunk bed in the room. (The fourteen year-old …
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What To Do with a Bad Attitude
Life’s daily responsibilites are hard enough to navigate through without adding the crushing burden of bad attitudes. This morning I …
Ridiculous Mondays
What is so ridiculous about Mondays? Only me. I enter into my day (and my week) like a thoroughbred at …
Popularity – Can’t I Just Slide it Under the Door?
For those of us who struggle with a desire for popularity… I was standing in the bathroom the other day …
To Promote Good Reading Habits
Our family – my husband, our two middle-school girls and me – have developed a habit of reading aloud together …
Jailbreak!
Earlier this week I was enjoying my after-lunch rest time – we call it “rest and reading”. It’s a time …
Don’t Floss Your Teeth!
Both our girls began their orthodontic care plans just before Christmas! The girls are now having on-going conversations about which is …
The Birthday Remodel – The End
THE END OF THE MATTER (Part IV in a series) After the flurry and work of the morning, I began …
The Birthday Remodel – The Help
THE HELP (Part III in a series) I’m not sure how far I had gotten when the telephone rang. It …
The Birthday Remodel – The Prep
THE PREPARATION (Part II in a series) From the planning stage, I moved into the active processes of accumulating materials …
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