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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Is it better to pursue dreams, or worry about what others think? That’s easy. Of course we would rather pursue our dreams. We have more potential that way. Worrying about what others think restricts and inhibits our ability to become who we want to be. There’s always someone just around the corner ready to tell
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Why do we have such a difficult time allowing children to do what they have agreed to do? We second guess them and create in our mind scenarios of what if this happens or what if so and so says or does this. Because we don’t want them to get hurt or have a difficult
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Growing up as a macho young man the thought of wearing the color pink never crossed my mind. It was one of those ultra feminine colors on par with yellow. Plus, would pink really look good with a mullet? Funny how one’s perception around a color can change. With pink being the ribbon-bearing color for
You have a lot going on. Lots of homework, your friends are texting you, your parents are on your case, you have to go to practice (piano, football, ballet, you name it), your Facebook page is out of date, you wish you could go on a date, you don’t have enough friends, your SAT scores are too
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The family that runs together has fun together! Here are 7 fun family-friendly runs for the fall season. 1. The Oasis Zoo Run Location: Toronto, CA Date: September 20, 2014 The Oasis Zoo Run is a charity walk and run that raises money for the Toronto Zoo’s conservation programs. A popular race in the
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