Go-To Recipes for Busy Days

A.  I am a homeschooling mom. B.  We don’t have tons of money for eating out. C.  I need some recipes that are easy, quick and require few ingredients for busy homeschooling days. If A and B, then C. I am always on the lookout for family-friendly recipes that are convenient for our activity-laden weeknights.  I seek out...

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Mean Adults

When you have a highly distractible, pinging-off-the-walls kind of kid, or even ADHD, it probably doesn’t surprise you that other kids can sometimes be a bit mean. But what do you do when the prickly offender is an adult? Say maybe. . . a Sunday School teacher? a clerk in the store? a grandparent? Then what do you...

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Winter Blues

I don’t know about you, but a few days into January, the post-holiday blues start to hit. The Christmas carols have been replaced by the same old songs that were around last year. All the pretty decorations are tucked away (a depressing chore in itself); and half of the kids’ anticipated toys lay broken and forgotten under...

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Battling Depression

Disclaimer: This article is a bit of a departure from my typical writing topics. For some, this article (which will actually be part one of a series of four) will be a bit disturbing. Please feel free to pass it by then. I have no desire to offend anyone by my honesty here. My hope is that some will find a kindred spirit in my...

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The Value of a Frozen Pizza

For the last several months, I have disappeared.  We’ve gotten most of our schoolwork done, but everything else from cooking to cleaning and sometimes answering the phone, has dropped off my radar. I’ve been reading.  I’m an odd bird when it comes to reading.  Although I’d never say so in front of my children, I...

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