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Feb
8

Can Makeovers Go More Than Skin Deep?

Can Makeovers Go More Than Skin Deep? I had an experience in the past year that propelled me out of my comfort zone, and has me thinking about relationships, acceptance, and yet again – the way society sets us up. Here is me: I stay at home, and have, for the past… oh, almost forty years that I’ve been married and had kids. You might call me insulated…. parochial… any number of limiting adjectives; because that...
Jul
18

On Parenting

On Parenting Not having blogged here seriously for a long time, I am not going to apologize for that now. You may find some of the reasons if you read between the lines- or maybe not. warning: this may turn into a long post. it will certainly go deeper than I have on this blog for a long time. you may not want to read what I have to say. don’t say I didn’t warn you How did I find myself inspired to write...
May
7

Eyes and Health

As a person with long standing and increasingly poor eye health I was very interested in this news about the massive rise in Asian myopia, the suspected cause, and suggested prevention. Consider how much outdoor time your children get during the day… Professor Morgan argues that many children in South East Asia spend long hours studying at school and doing their homework. This in itself puts...
Jun
21

For Nathan

Nathan, Siris, whatever you call yourself you will always be my son. I love...
Nov
11

What’s the Meaning of a Name?

I was always interested in name meanings, perhaps because my own name was an unusual one, but probably because most people think that the meaning of their names holds some interest, or sparks their curiosity to some degree. We are seeking our identity most of our lives, and what is more of an identifier than our personal name? When my children were conceived, and in some cases before, I had mulled over...
Apr
4

A New Perspective on Lent…for kids

If you jump on over to Rhetorical Christian’s innovative thoughts on how to celebrate the Lent/Easter season with young children, ‘The Twelve Days of Easter’ might be one way you give your children a new insight into an important season in the Church calender. All these seasonal times are retrospective of the ancient form of holidays passed down in the Old Testament and sometimes clearly...
Aug
27

Back To School

It’s that time of year again. A type of new year for everyone where there is the new year sorting and sifting through priorities and setting up goals and schedules. I always have had mixed feeling about the “back to school” reshuffling and starting anew, but especially as a homeschooler combining the home and classroom, teacher and student, daily life and business life all together on...
Jul
18

Stop Being A Selfish Parent

There is always some type of new research isn’t there? And yet, much of what we understand about inter relational dynamics we probably know on some intuitive level. It just takes some group of scientists somewhere to give the idea some credence before we accept some obviously common sense things. In a study on first born having superior intelligence on the average, this little portion stood out to...
Jul
15

Back At Home

We went to a youth conference this week. The kids loved it, and since they are reading their bible more upon arriving home, I think it probably did some good. It gave me a chance to have some talk time with them, rarer since they have entered that early teen stage of angst-ridden separation anxiety that they seem to hit between 13 to 16. They want to talk to you, their parent, and they don’t –...
Mar
27

Boundaries for Bloggers

That is what I think the next ‘Boundaries’ book should cover. Just kidding;) Although I have been thinking about whether the same concepts would apply to how we approach some of the relationship issues we find in the Church at large. Thanks to a dear friend ( a kiss and a hug) I am now in possession of the Boundaries book that I said I would reread this year. I got very frustrated with my life...
Dec
12

The Family Altar

If you’ve read my posts lately I mentioned our Advent tradition of the Advent log, a couple times. I was thinking about how this is one form of the idea of a family altar- an ancient and venerable custom. I don’t hear much about it nowadays, but in the early years of my Christian walk, in the seventies, we often heard it mentioned. The time we spend as a family centered formally around the...

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