Archive for the ‘healthy parenting’ Category
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A Letter To Our Daughter
Sunday, July 31st, 2011
A Letter To Our Daughter Twenty-five years ago, on a hot August afternoon, you arrived into this world. You were the fourth child in a family of seven, our first daughter. You made it known right away, that you were a child with a mind of your own. Your early years were consumed with the [...]
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Best Things To Say To A Child
Sunday, July 31st, 2011
Best Things To Say To A Child I remember when I was little, my grandma told me a thing that followed me all throughout life: that God loves, He loves children, and listens to their prayers. Words engraved on a young heart will remain there for a long time…or it might not be too much [...]
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Bee-hind the Scenes at the Scripps National Spelling Bee
Sunday, July 31st, 2011
Bee-hind the Scenes at the Scripps National Spelling Bee For a while there, it looked like Sameer Mishra, the eventual winner of this year’s Scripps National Spelling Bee, might lose a round when he was presented with a word that seemed awfully risqué for a spelling bee. After hearing the word, Mishra, clearly surprised, repeated, [...]
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Where Have You Gone My Little One?
Sunday, July 31st, 2011
Where Have You Gone My Little One? Many years ago, a song caught my attention. It was clever and the delivery by the artist made an impact. Still, life’s circumstances and the age of our Little One’s didn’t allow the full meaning to be understood and realized. The little one that this story is about [...]