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How to Become Great at Failing; A Series
Hello Friends, Everyone talks about how to succeed, but I want to share with you something much more important than that; I want to talk about how to become great at failing! I know that sounds crazy. I don’t mean I want to coach you through how to fail something like a math test, by not studying or making any effort at all. I am talking about the most difficult failures, the ones that hit the hardest. The things you want so badly it hurts, you do everything in your power to achieve them, and despite your best efforts, you still fail. These are the failures that get…
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Bubbles Are The Best Activity For Toddlers to Make Summer Great!
Hello Friends, Every mother and childcare worker I have ever known, including myself, has a favorite activity to do with their children and the children they worked with. Have five children and when I was a preschool teacher, I predominately worked with infants and toddlers. My activity of choice was always bubbles! Bubbles are the best activity for toddlers because they are so fun and there is something magical about watching the little spheres go up into the sky with the sun reflecting off of their multicolored surface. Today I am excited to share with you a few of my favorite ways to play with bubbles…
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Father’s Day Gift Guide: Unique Gifts Dad Will Love
Hello Friends, Today I want to share with you a unique Father’s Day gift gift guide, filled with gifts Dad will love! I really want to help you give the dads in your life great gifts that will not only be something that they will like, but will create a memory with them as well. The unique part of this list is that most of the gifts are meant to be done together so you can make memories, which in my opinion are the real gift. If you don’t think any of these gifts are quite righ,t then I hope they inspire a gift that you think is…
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Memorial Day Activities for Children to Make the Day Great
Hello Friends, Today I want to share some Memorial Day activities for children to make the day great! Memorial Day is around the corner and for many it is the start of summer. Somber though this day is, it is often celebrated with barbecues and picnics. I don’t take this day lightly; nearly every man in my family has served in the military, and I cannot imagine having any of them not come home. I do think that it is a time to appreciate having our loved ones close and our ability to enjoy each others company because we are not guaranteed tomorrow. We are able to celebrate…
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A Mother’s Day Letter to Fill Your Heart with Love and Gratitude
Dear Moms, The days feel as though they are getting shorter while the to do list is getting longer. The tiny hands that reached up for you to pick them up just keep getting bigger, and you’re starting to wonder how many more times they’ll reach out to hold your hand. Your babes are getting taller and stronger every day. At the same time that you find yourself needing to buy clothes for their growing bodies, you find yourself aching to see them little in the rompers they wore when they were younger, even if it was only a few short months ago. Their personalities develop more every…
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Special Gifts for Mother’s Day to Show Her Love
Hello Friends, I am so excited to share with you some special gifts for Mother’s Day to show her love! It is just so special to celebrate your mom and to be celebrated as a mother yourself. Motherhood is both an amazing gift to cherish forever, and an exceptional challenge that we get to meet every day. I read recently that we will know our children for most of their lives as adults, so we should try to cherish every moment while they’re little. When we’re engrossed in the throws of mothering young children with diaper changes or potty training, feedings, cleaning, and play and all of the…
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How To Cope With Difficult Situations and Emerge Better
Hello Friends, Today I am so excited to share how to cope with difficult situations and emerge better because of them! I am so passionate about this topic because I believe that over the past few decades we have really embraced a victim mentality and vilified trials of any kind. This is doing us such a disservice because we have lost the art of embracing our suffering as a challenge to overcome. It is by accepting this challenge to overcome that we will ultimately emerge stronger. Working through our difficuties is a great opportunity to develop grit and resilience! I do not love suffering and I am not…
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How To Lean on God During Difficult Times
Dear Friends, Today I want to encourage you to lean on God during difficult times. We all go through hard times at some point in our lives. Sometimes we see it coming and we can prepare for it a little bit. Like delivering a baby, you know you are going to have to if you’re pregnant, so you can do things to prepare yourself mentally and physically for it, even though you don’t know exactly what will happen. Other times, trials hit us like a slap in the face with no warning what so ever. Leaving no time or opportunity to prepare. I am no stranger to both…
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How Your Relationship with God Can Make You Healthy
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How Your Relationship with God Can Make You Healthy
Dear Friends, I am happy to share with you today, how your relationship with God can make you healthy. We are in the season of Lent and for a lot of people that means they are fasting in some form. I have seen a lot of people give up sweets and other food categories for this fast and while I recognize that Lent does not have anything to do with dietary health it does have a significant impact on your health. The impact it has on your health is that of self-denial and self-discipline. This season has been so inspirational. I have always been interested in…
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Your Relationship With God Can Make You Beautiful
Dear Friends, Today I want to share with you how your relationship with God can make you beautiful. First I should define beauty. Is it only skin deep? No of course not, but I do believe that who you are on the inside is reflected in your outward appearance. It is for this reason that your relationship with God can make you beautiful inside and out. I was listening to a podcast recently by Julia James Davis from The War On Beauty, I just love the way she describes beauty, and I agree with her definition of beauty completely. Julia defines “beauty as being objective not…
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How to Combat Loneliness and Make Friends
Dear Friends, I am so excited to share with you how to combat loneliness and make friends. We find ourselves in a unique time: the prevalence of social media has greatly impacted and shaped different generations of people. Millennials (born 1980-1994) were the last generation to have a childhood free of social media, smart phones, and the internet as we know it, they were at the beginning of the information age. Generation Z (born 1995-2012) on the other hand, had social media encroaching on every aspect of their lives. Generation Alpha (born 2013-2025) is the lucky generation because their parents are likely millennials. Millennials that saw what happened…
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Keeping a Prayer Journal for Spiritual Growth
Dear Friends, I am so excited for the final part of the healthy habits series about keeping a prayer journal for spiritual growth. Having a personal relationship with God is so important to our spiritual health as well as our overall health. A key element of any relationship is communication. In the last post I wrote about a way that God communicates with you; you reading the Bible which is appropriately called His Word. One of the ways that you can communicate with God is through prayer. Consistent communication between you and God will deepen your relationship with Him and help you grow spiritually. Keeping a…
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Reading Your Bible is the Best Way to Have a Great Day
Dear Friends, Today I want to talk about how reading your Bible is the best way to have a great day! We are into the soul section of the healthy habits series and there is really nothing better for the soul, in my opinion, than reading your Bible. We all have faith in something, because I am a Christian I have faith in God. Nurturing your faith is truly soul food. I believe the absolute best way to nurture your Christian faith is specifically to read your Bible. I say your Bible specifically; because that seems to be the best way for you to have a…
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How to Keep Your Romantic Relationship Amazing Forever!
Dear Friends, It is the beginning of February and that has us all thinking about love and relationships because we are so close to Valentines Day, so I am going to share with you how to keep your romantic relationship amazing forever! Let’s start by talking about the fact that most of us think love is that amazing feeling of butterflies in your stomach, excitement just when you hear your love interest’s name, that warm feeling you get when you see them, and the joy that washes over you when you hear from them. These are all wonderful feelings but are they love or feelings of lust? I…
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How Adding Fermented Foods to Your Daily Diet Can Change Your Life for the Better!
Dear Friends, I am so excited to share how adding fermented foods to your daily diet can change your life for the better! I know that sounds crazy right, because it is such a bold statement, but it really can! In this healthy habits for the new year series, I have suggested healthy habits for your mind, body, and soul. I have gone in depth so far about keeping a gratitude journal and how to make great goals and actually achieve them. I chose to go into depth about those two topics specifically because they have the greatest impact on my psychological health. Adding fermented foods to my…
