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A family needs your help

Filed in Rough times, October 29, 2008, 9:10 am by Valerie , ,

I don’t know this family personally, but I was alerted to their story today. If you, or someone you know can help, please pass this on to them. The story Their site

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Moms are made in His Image

Filed in Christianity,Parenting, October 27, 2008, 8:06 am by Valerie ,

Last Wednesday, at Bible study, our pastor taught on a passage out of Mark chapter seven, about the mother who pleads with Jesus to save her demon possessed daughter. One of Pastor Fred’s points was about God making moms in His image, (Genesis 1:27 confirms this for us: So God created man in his own [...]

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Thank you, teacher

Filed in Behavior,Family,Parenting,Teenagers, October 20, 2008, 7:50 am by Valerie , ,

Last night, I was helping my sweet teenage daughter with some homework (last minute, of course). Coupled with trying to get my own homework done for school, helping my kids with their homework is sometimes a challenge. While I was thinking about the studying and work I still need to do for my classes, I [...]

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Teens and sex

Filed in Teenagers, October 6, 2008, 2:53 pm by Valerie ,

So, dear son comes home from school today and says, “So and so got into a fight at school today”. One of the boys who was involved got jumped by two other boys, who are stepbrothers. Reason for the fight? The boy who got jumped has been having sex with the two other boys’ younger [...]

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The Stay at Home Dad

Filed in Blessings,Family,Frustration,Marriage, October 1, 2008, 2:58 pm by Valerie , ,

I had the privilege of going to the Extraordinary Women’s Conference this weekend at Raytown Baptist Church, in Raytown, Missouri. It was Friday night and Saturday. It was a nice little “getaway”, 30 minutes on the other side of town. A woman’s once in a while chance to grab her purse and her keys, and [...]