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Ten Ideas For Great School Days

by Melissa Cheatham | Aug 8, 2019 | Children, The Blog

The summer flew by too fast! For so many kids, there are intense emotions that go along with the transition of heading back to school to new classrooms, faces, and routines. It can be hard! I remember those days well and some of the things my mom did for me that made...

What You Have To Offer Is Enough

by Kirstin Ricketts | Jul 22, 2019 | All The Things, Children, Faith Matters, The Blog

Our God is a God of full-circle, accepting, limitless love. On my grandmother’s 83rd birthday, I saw that kind of love. At the end of the meal, a beautiful chocolate dessert was brought to the table, and as my grandmother talked about how much she loved chocolate, my...

Tell The Stories

by Melissa Cheatham | Jun 18, 2019 | Children, Faith Matters, The Blog

When my oldest was two, we were sitting on a blanket outside practicing animal sounds. You know… “What does a cow say?” Smart child replies… “Moo.” Momma claps. You know the drill. Things that you do with your first born that no other...

National Doughnut Day! (And More National Holidays You Will Want to Celebrate!)

by Melissa Cheatham | Jun 6, 2019 | All The Things, Children, The Blog

The first Friday of June is National Doughnut Day! So what does that mean? Well, it’s a day that just goes from normal to a little extra special because we are celebrating something out of the ordinary. Kids love to celebrate… we love to celebrate! So...

Kids and Chores… How We Make it Work

by Melissa Cheatham | Jun 4, 2019 | Children, The Blog

Okay, raise of hands, how many of you have enthusiastically started a “chore list” with your kids only to have it fail 5 days in… (hand raised over here)! We have tried and failed, several times over the years to establish some sort of chore routine. We...

Kids and Chores… Why Put in the Effort?

by Melissa Cheatham | May 30, 2019 | Children, The Blog

Why is it so difficult to deal with kids and chores! I mean, back in the day kids literally woke up at dawn to feed the chickens. Why now does it seem like a form of punishment to have our children do a couple of routine everyday tasks?! Chores are a hard thing to...