A simple Valentine’s Day
Valentine’s Day can be a very big and expensive event. Folks spend tons of money buying flowers, cards, chocolates, jewelry, expensive dinners out, and so much more… but Valentine’s Day means something else to us.
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Stay at home Valentine’s date ideas
Date night is always a treat, but it does not happen often. Once we hire babysitters, pay them, and go to a decent restaurant ourselves, we have spent a pretty penny. If you are looking for a stay at home date night idea this Valentine’s Day, here are a few ideas:
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14 Ways Your Actions Can Speak Louder than Words this Christmas
A mother pours her heart out for her newborn. She shows love by nurturing, feeding and caring for them. If a mother simply held her child and said over and over again, “I love you,” but never fed them or met their needs, then it is not true love. Love is found in action.
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Compassion shows the love of God
How can we be compassionate followers of Christ, compassionate families for Christ? We don’t have to go very far; there are people everywhere that are hurting, that are lonely or need a helping hand.
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Celebrating Valentine’s Day
Growing up, I always enjoyed decorating a box for Valentine’s day and carefully selecting the cutest cards for my classmates. When I first started homeschooling I wasn’t too concerned about my children not partaking in this tradition. It really wasn’t a big deal to me, or them, because we have plenty of fun on so many other levels!
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Learning to Meet Our Children’s Needs
Most days you can find my daughters and I together. We spend time learning new things, playing with new toys, and simply hanging out with one another. Spending unprecedented amounts of time with my girls comes with the territory of being a homeschooling mom. It is easy to believe that because I spend so much time with my daughters there’s no doubt that I am giving them all they need and more.
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A Giving Person Gives More Than Gifts
At Christmas time we start thinking about giving gifts – even though we know Christmas isn’t all...
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Delight Directed Teaching
It’s your first child. A toddler. They are driving you, up.the.wall. Everybody and their great-grandmother of your sister’s neighbor tells you, “they grow up so fast,” and “enjoy them while they’re young.”
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Perspectives from a REAL Homeschool Mom
While it is true, academic knowledge is essential for our children, home-education affords us the opportunity for so much more! For my family, we focused on being R.E.A.L, which was an acronym created to remind me of the reason I chose the homeschooling lifestyle.
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25 Ways to Show Your Teens You Love Them
Teens are notorious for acting embarrassed by parental demonstrations of affection – in public, at...
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Showing Some Love
If we treated everyone with love all the time, hopefully the world would be a better place. I’m not talking about sending cards, flowers, and candy (although those things are great); what about just being nice?
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