As summer days are here and the weather is changing we find ourselves outside and busy! Where we live, the winter months are long with lots of snow and cold weather. We love the beauty of the winter wonderland and it seems to draw out the Christmas season a little
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The weather here was beautiful and I spent a very quiet day at home alone. My husband was enjoying a camping/hunting trip with his son on the other side of the state and taking breathtaking photographs. www.milesfromhomephotography.com It was the first memorial day I have been alone
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Benjamin Franklin wrote “Lost time is never found again.” Ponder on that quote a moment, and remember the saying, “Time flies when you are having fun.” What is it about TIME that makes us feel that it has different speeds? I remember when I was a junior in high school
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I drove away from visiting my twins in college and headed 2,000 plus miles across the country to live in a small, quaint little home. I had downsized. As I began to get settled in, I made my list and headed to the grocery store to stock up on
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Carnations are my favorite flower and I did not know it but the White Carnation is the official flower for Mother’s Day. Here is a little History from Good Housekeeping: “Anna Reeves Jarvis is most often credited with founding Mother’s Day. After her mother Ann died on May
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Have you ever listened to how many times we say to our children, “don’t!” That four letter word seems to roll out of our mouth so easily. “Don’t touch that; don’t spill that; don’t stay out too late!” Don’t is not a teaching word. Don’
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Empathy is the ability to notice what other people feel. The need for teaching empathy to our children seems to be growing in our society. I am finding more and more articles as well as books being written to help instill this ability in ourSELF and our children. Empathy leads
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I was asked this week if I had ever thought about the difference between listening and hearing. Thought I would share what I have learned - listening and hearing are verbs. They are “doing” words. According to English Teacher Melanie - http://www.englishteachermelanie.com/how-to-use-the-english-verbs-listen-
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I wrote this in 2016 on my oldest son's birthday. It is worth sharing... "After almost 32 years, my home is Feeling smaller. All five of my children are on their own path and on with their own lives. Rarely do I do laundry for them anymore,
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Family traditions always seem to resonate during the holidays. Growing up, we started with an Easter Sunrise Service with my dad at the forefront of the ceremony. The beauty of the sunrise and the time together brings very fond memories…as does the early morning, “I don’t want to
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Listening is a skill. We need to listen to our children. We need to listen when they are speaking, and when they are quiet. We need to listen when our children are talking to others. We can learn a lot about our children when they speak to their friends and
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Families and chores have given opportunity to many conversations and debates. Chores can be described as a routine task or an unpleasant but necessary task. Survival Skills For Healthy Families and Love and Logic teaches chores are just a part of being in a family. Chores never go away, no
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