My parents just celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary. My siblings and I threw them a huge bash in the hopes of recreating their original wedding reception back in the summer of 1970. Minus the bell bottoms and Cher-like hair, of course.
We left nothing out. There was a wedding cake with their original topper on it. Original bridesmaids and [...]
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A young woman in my area recently tried to commit suicide after receiving over 3,500 negative texts from her peers. Her attempted suicide left her a paraplegic. Her plight, and others that have recently been highlighted in the national news, make me worried about the world my daughters are growing up in. When I listen [...]
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Teenagers get a bad rap. I love my teenager, and not just because I’m her Mom and I have to.
When I was pregnant with my daughter I told everyone that I hoped I was having a boy. Looking into the future I didn’t think I could handle being the mother of a teenage daughter – [...]
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Susan is a woman I admire. She is a faith-filled, confident, happy person who loves life (see a previous post entitled “It’s Fun to be Me“). She is a fun and loving wife and a devoted mother of seven children (from adult children all the way down to a son who is four). Her family [...]
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~ by Jenny P.
When my son is eight years old he’ll have a birthday party with his friends. We don’t do friend birthday parties every year, it is too much expense and effort and I enjoy having a family only birthday every other year. For family parties the focus is on the child and their [...]
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~by Julie
We have a family tradition that started because I needed one day of the week to be a no-brainer when I was planning menus. One day a couple years ago, I decided that Fridays would be pizza nights at our house. We like to make pizza together, and since not all of our kids [...]
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This video explores how love and faith can help the both individuals who may suffer through health difficulties, such as Alzheimer’s Disease, and help their families as they adapt to the changes that can come in the later years of life.
In the video, you will see scenes of elderly people in care centers who are [...]
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“True greatness…always requires regular, consistent, small, and sometimes ordinary and mundane steps over a long period of time.” -Howard W. Hunter
A “house of order,” isn’t that what we all want and hope for? It is a righteous desire of mine but am continually challenged to find more effective and creative ways to keep order in [...]
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~by Janelle
Saturday is a special day at our house. My kids call it “the day Dad stays home from work to play” day.
We try to get out every Saturday for a family activity.
Sometimes we go hiking. These pictures were taken while hiking in Yosemite, CA last summer.
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by Julie Pettit
My husband and I love to have fun and we enjoy spending time together. Over the last few months we were having a hard time getting out of the house, so we started instituting “home dates”. We have found that we can really stick with our goal of having a weekly date night [...]
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