I feel a little funny writing an article about having fun together. Questions assail. First, do I know enough about having fun with my spouse to actually give people advice on it? Two, after a bunch of far-more-serious articles about respect and trust and intimacy and the like, will people get this? Will it come across as flippant? Is it flippant? And most of all, this problem: fun is a relative term. What is fun to me is boring, strange, unnerving to a lot of people. So I’m not sure how to introduce the concept and give help that might be practical on a topic that is so subjective and preferential. But here goes. continue reading…
{DVD Review} Gigi’s Big Break by Sheila Walsh 1
4 out of 5 stars.
This 2-episode dvd is one I wouldn’t have just picked up out of a stack of children’s movies. I wasn’t much of a girly-girl, so the cover in shades of pink and the whole concept – “God’s Little Princess?” really? – weren’t really that appealing to continue reading…
Safe Herbs for Babies: 13 Things You Need to Know 1
You’re wanting to go more natural in helping your baby maintain good health; you innocently grab an herbal medicine book and start browsing. And the words like a foreign language simply befuddle you. (Words like befuddle…) Tincture? Decoction? Eh… where does one purchase glycerin, and why would you do so? continue reading…
Parenting 101: An Orderly Day 2
The elements of an orderly day are (in no particular order)…
1. A Plan
2. A Routine
3. A Limit (or lots of them, as the case may be)
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Safe Herbs for Babies: An Introduction 4
“…and their fruit shall be for food and their leaves for healing.”
{Ezekiel 47:12}
I’m interested in keeping my children naturally healthy. (Which reminds me, oh yeah, I have children. Have I given them breakfast yet…?)
Here’s the thing. I don’t have anything against doctors, really, I don’t. But I do have a few significant issues with 1) the health care system in general (who doesn’t?), 2) the exorbitant costs, and 3) the drug companies. I have a big problem with my children being part of the “guinea pig” process. continue reading…