My favorite holiday tradition is Christmas caroling with friends at a nursing home on Christmas Eve. Kathryn Thompson My favorite holiday tradition was born out of a season of fiscal want. With little money for extras I convinced my young children that they should make each other’s Christmas presents. The hidden blessing in this […]
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When attending a wedding, we all know generally what to expect, but we rarely know why it became a practice in the first place. In any other context, throwing rice at someone or carrying someone through a doorway would just be strange. Here are origins of seven wedding traditions that explain why we do what
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Many kids learn this rule at a young age, and try to follow it just because they have been told to. However, it’s important for kids and adults alike to understand that the golden rule isn’t just like any other rule. It shouldn’t be followed without a reason. The golden rule should be followed because
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Growing up in a family of five kids, my siblings and I often found entertainment in the form of outdoor activities. Visiting national parks, taking long walks through wooded trails, making pit stops on road trips to see the view from a look-out pointthese were not uncommon adventures for us. I am glad that my
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This is the first step to the unanticipated changes that are inevitable once “Junior” leaves home and later returns. Although it has been several years since our sons left for college, as I write this, my eyes are filled with tears. The pure sadness of watching our “babies” wave from their dorm room will stay
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Every time my mom asked him to do one of the items on this list, my dad would echo Wesley from The Princess Bride and say “As you wish” to his Princess Buttercup. He worked hard for his princess, just as worker bees work hard for their queen. I’m slightly terrified of bees, but the
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The following article is an excerpt from Mike & Debbie Schramer’s Fairy House. Canopy beds conjure up so many dreams. We once created a beautiful canopy bed for a wedding gift. It was soft and covered with an antique wedding veil, ivory beads, and tiny stars. But the most amazing part of this lovely piece
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My husband Trent was hoping for a honeymoon baby. He told me so a few months before we got married. Even when I first met him at age eighteen, he talked about starting a family and how much he wanted to be a father. At thirteen years old, he decided to be a dentist because
You could go with the traditional photo gift a framed photo of the kids but there are so many great things that you can do with photos designed just for dad. Dad loves the bright faces of his kids. Give him a memorial gift to celebrate how great of a dad he has been. Each
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When your wife has cancer, getting the word out can be tedious, so break it into sections. You will need to adapt the information to different people in your relationship circle. Some will want to know everything and others will want just the basics, so be prepared for both. Children If you
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