This is the time of year when all our families should be stirring with excitement and anticipation for the holiday season, filled with festive traditions that bring us joy while creating lasting memories. Thanksgiving offers us the time-honored opportunity to gather with loved ones and celebrate all we are thankful for, cherishing moments together with hefty homemade meals…
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I’m so happy you’re here, I just want you to know that this post contains affiliate links. That means that if you click and purchase I will be compensated for being the helpful reason you found these amazing gifts! It seems like we always wait until the last minute to grab those stocking stuffers for our teen boys and girls…
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I’m so happy you’re here, I just want you to know that this post contains affiliate links. That means that if you click and purchase I will be compensated for being the helpful reason you found these amazing gifts! Our husbands can be pretty silent about what they want for the holidays. As Christmas rolls around, we can show them…
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Celebrating the Holidays Feeling Less Than 3: <3 I grew up watching The Partridge Family, The Brady Bunch, and Eight is Enough. These were shows that had me wishing I was in a big family. Seeing all the activity going on about the house, the noise, the arguments, apologies, and togetherness looked like the kind of fun-loving atmosphere I’d…
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Not to be overly dramatic, but gratitude might be the most life-saving habit we can teach our kids. Gratitude can feel like a warm and fuzzy nice-to-have when in fact, loads of research shows that practicing gratitude literally changes the structure of the brain. When we foster a sense of gratitude in our kids, we’re giving them the gifts…
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Ever since my kids were born, I’ve bought them a new ornament every year to hang on our Christmas tree. From their “Baby’s First Christmas” ornament and on, I set out to carefully create a collection for my kids to take with them when they leave home and celebrate Christmas on their own. I can’t remember if I heard…
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I’m so happy you’re here, I just want you to know that this post contains affiliate links. That means that if you click and purchase I will be compensated for being the helpful reason you found these amazing gifts! My daughter came up with a list of gifts that are 100% teenage boy approved. I mean, seriously, her roommate’s 16-year-old…
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I’m so happy you’re here, I just want you to know that this post contains affiliate links. That means that if you click and purchase I will be compensated for being the helpful reason you found these amazing gifts! Do you have a college guy? We’ve covered our bases on this particular gift guide. Our college-age boys always seem to…
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Take Our Gratitude Challenge: Starting this November let’s cultivate a spirit of gratitude in our kids and within our families with this Gratitude Bundle! I can’t believe that we will be celebrating Thanksgiving here in the US at the end of this month (only weeks away!). Even if you don’t live in the US, make sure you keep reading this…
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I am challenging myself to hug my teen and do so as often as I can. Does anyone else ever deal with an irrational teenager? Asking for a friend. May the Lord have mercy on me because some days I feel utterly exasperated and exhausted. The mental exhaustion is so draining I find myself physically exhausted too. Then,…
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If my 1980s childhood were a museum exhibit, it would feature jelly shoes, Noxzema cleansing cream, and dozens of dog-eared Sweet Valley High books. My middle school friends and I consumed this young adult series like we guzzled Slurpees. Sweet Valley High chronicled the lives of Jessica and Elizabeth Wakefield, identical twin sisters who lived in a fictional, sun-drenched,…
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My daughter had a big day ahead of her. She was anxiously anticipating the final assignment of her internship with our church’s local outreach ministry where each intern would be giving a presentation they had worked on for several weeks. She spent every day of her summer serving our city’s communities in need, participating in leadership training and book…
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