• people, women, talking
    Holiday

    Enjoying time with others that have different views than your own

    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…

  • family, love, together
    Introduction

    On the sixth day God created the first family

    The Sixth Day Family Hello,           My name is Amanda. I am writing this blog because I have a passion for helping families and friends build meaningful relationships that will last a lifetime. I am a Christian, a wife, a mother, and a friend. I believe that God did not just make Adam and Eve on the sixth day of creation, rather He made the first family. God did not make us as humans to be alone, He made us be be in community and fellowship with one another. This is shown in multiple places throughout the Bible beginning on the sixth day of creation when…