Category: Home and Family
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Peanut-Free Lunch and Snack ideas
I just LOVE it when someone is helpful and does something right. My daughter’s school has just made the change this year to be peanut-free. This week I received a letter from the school director that not only alerted us to the policy change, but also explained the seriousness of the allergy and gave us…
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Meet Tammy, our next Real (Experienced) Mom
Not only is Tammy a Real (Experienced) Mom and grandma, she is also up to date with her Bible in 90 Days reading! So I have congratulations for her sweet, very new grandson Baby Will in the picture below, and for her spending so much time in the Word with us. Her check in comments…
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What says “America!” to you?
You might have read that our family is about to host a foreign exchange student from Germany. On Friday I asked readers to share their advice for rearing teens. (And I’m still up for more advice if you’d like to click over and share.) Now, I’m gathering your opinions on what is American. I know…
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Our family is growing again. Internationally. And I could use your teen advice!
The last time I used a headline like that (leaving out the international part) I heard there were a lot of whispers and confusion. So let’s just get this right out there: No, I am not pregnant. And no, we are not adopting. Well not exactly… Our family is preparing to welcome a German teenager…
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Meet Sherry, another Real (Experienced) Mom I admire in real life, too
Today I am excited to share my interview with Sherry, one of my mom’s dear friends from childhood. I have always had a special admiration for Sherry who taught home economics, married her high-school sweetheart and whom my mom would call to answer any farming questions we could think of. I remember my mom once…