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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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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 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…
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How to Set Great Goals and Actually Achieve Them
Dear Friends, The beginning of a new year is such a wonderful time for setting goals! Today I want to talk about how to set great goals and actually achieve them! I know everyone enjoys making New Year’s resolutions, but I prefer to set goals. There is just something about New Year’s resolutions that makes them seem like more of an idea, or something you think you might want to accomplish during that year, rather than something you are going to actively work toward achieving. A goal though, seems more tangible, it is something you set out to accomplish, it is not just an idea. I do not…
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Keeping a Gratitude Journal is Amazing for You!
Dear Friends, Today I am sharing the first blog in the healthy habits series. This week I’ll be covering the healthy habits I suggested for our minds. Today I am sharing about one of my favorite healthy habits; keeping a gratitude journal! You might be wondering how is keeping a gratitude journal going to help me in my relationships with others? It is going to help you in several ways but the most prominent way it will help you is that it is going to shift your mindset to a more positive one which will make you happier. It also increases your grit and resilience and can…
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10 of the Best Meaningful Gifts for Spouses
Dear Friends, Today I am sharing my final gift list for the season. This time I am sharing my list of ten meaningful gifts for spouses. Each one of these ideas is near and dear to my heart, and because time is the most precious gift that I believe can be given, most of these gifts are free but do require you giving your spouse the gift of your time. 1. The first gift idea I have is a love letter scavenger hunt. In this hunt you will write a series of love letters and hide them around your bedroom or perhaps your entire house, it is…
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10 of the Best Meaningful Gifts for Children
Dear Friends, I am so excited to share my next ten meaningful gift ideas with you, this time the gifts I’m recommending are for children. These are all gifts I have either given children myself or received when I was a child, and they are still some of my fondest memories. 1. The first gift idea I have is a story written just for them. This story doesn’t have to be long but a child would love to receive a story written just for them that might have their favorite animal or toy or even them as the main character. For presenting it to them you could write it out…
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10 of the Best Meaningful Gifts for Family and Friends
Dear Friends, I am so excited to share with you some wonderful ideas I have for gifts for family and friends this Christmas season. I know that we should not focus on the gifts but it seems that in this season of giving we feel so generous because of the generosity that God showed to us. One thing that I notice about the holidays is that they come and go and the excitement of the presents fades rather quickly. In an earlier post I emphasized that time is the most precious gift you can give. For the next few blogs I will be sharing some of…
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Why a Tree of Gratitude is the Best Autumn Decoration
My favorite Autumn decoration is our Tree of Gratitude! Dear Friends, I have such a fun tradition to share with you today! Roughly 5 years ago I wrote a paper for one of my courses on the profound impact gratitude can have on a person’s life. What I learned effected me so much that I wanted to put things into motion in my family’s life right away that would focus on gratitude. It happened to be close to November at the time and I love Christmas decorations. My husband will tell you I am notorious for trying to get him to let me put up the Christmas…
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Gratitude Truly Changes Everything for the Best
Gratitude truly changes everything! Dear Friends, In the spirit of Thanksgiving I thought it would be a great time to talk about gratitude. Gratitude is very commonly spoken about these days and yet it still seems to only be recognized for the surface level improvements it has on your emotions. Keeping a gratitude journal is more of a trendy activity at the moment which is wonderful. It is a great thing to keep a gratitude journal for your overall health and well being so it being a trend is truly a blessing. Did you know that gratitude really does change everything? It not only improves your emotional well being, but…
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How to Actively Listen to Enjoy Time with Others
Active listening to enjoy the holidays to the fullest with family and friends with views different than your own. Dear Friends, We live in such a unique time in history. Everyone is more polarized than they have been in any point in my life, and I’m sure yours as well, and we are being expected to choose a side for any opinion we may have. It is as if there is no room for neutrality anymore. This is just so taxing on our relationships with family and friends and it can feel so devastating and isolating. We do not need to lose friends or disconnect from…
