the 5 minute exercise for couples

the 5 minute exercise for couples You can read about this exercise at  The Happy Wives Club. Our printer is having issues, so I did not print this... nor did I have time to write it out. But I did send it to him so he could read it. There is always more...

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happy 0123 {oops 2013}

I pray everyone rang in the new year safely and surrounded by loved ones! {The actual ringing in found me sound asleep, but safe, and in my home with loved ones!} . The New Year here marks the official dropping of my old blog and writing exclusively for this new...

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practically perfect in every way

I can see how some visitors may not like me "endorsing" a movie. There really are very few worth watching out there. And even this one causes some reservations as my children ask if she is real or if it all pretend-every.time.we.watch.it. And then there is the whole...

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growing

growing While my 14 month old still crawls, and seems content to do so, I often remember that my 2 middle children walked before they were 10 months old! The oldest walked just before her first birthday. And I am struck with these differences. Some of it...

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I am not enough

I am not enough As a new mother I was also a young wife (which many new mothers are) and thus I was learning so much in such a short time. Or, at least I NEEDED to be learning. But I was not. I was barely surviving. Looking back, I can see this. At the...

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the best way to love our children

I missed my scheduled posting time last week. But the children and I had great fun visiting my grandparents, whom I have not seen since my oldest child was a few months old! It was so wonderful for them to meet the other 3! It was a rather spur-of-the-moment trip, so...

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being MY husband’s wife

There are so many posts out there that talk about being a wife the way God intended. There are a few posts about that on this blog.  But today I am going to tell you a few things I have personally learned about being the wife my husband praises {wow! that sounds...

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live a {beautiful} life

One of my favorite quotes that can motivate me to have and seek the proper spirit each day is: Duty makes us do things well, but Love makes us do them beautifully. I love beauty: a clean table, dresser drawers closed neatly, covers pulled up to the bed pillows, toys...

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