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I want to wish you a Merry Christmas! Feliz Navidad!
Hey John,” I asked over the cell phone from Costco. “I just dropped off our family picture and am picking out our Christmas cards.” I contemplated choosing a waving American Flag in support of Nathan who was in the Marines at the time. “Pick out something with the true meaning of Christmas,” John said. I…
Dog-gone amazing!
“Dogs have a way of finding people who need them, and filling a hole we didn’t even know we had.” Thorn Jones Rusty was just a ball of soft fur when we got him from a friend whose dog had just had a litter of pups. We weren’t really looking for another pet, after…
Creative Parenting 101 – Change The Toilet Paper Roll!
I have to admit, sometimes I am not the most organized parent. I am more like a Mary in a Martha world. I know parents who have kept sticker lined chore charts since their kids were potty training, or used Pintrest inspired jars to keep allowances in. The list goes on. But, inevitably our family’s stickers…
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