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Everyone Needs a Time Out

by Melissa Cheatham | Jun 11, 2019 | All The Things, The Blog

A few weeks ago, I was preparing for the last day of school, which means laying everything my kids did over the past year out for display on our dining room table. It was full. Overlapping with books, projects, and papers. I do this so my kids can look back at the...

Us For Each Other

by Kirstin Ricketts | Jun 10, 2019 | Home Sweet Home, The Blog

As we find ourselves in the throes of summer, it can be time to look at each other in the eyes and declare a plan. I remember a morning when the kids were younger, looking in the rear-view mirror of the car and saying, “Guys, there are a lot of us, and this is...

We Like To Be Together

by Kirstin Ricketts | Jun 7, 2019 | All The Things, Home Sweet Home, The Blog

As we head into these summer weeks, our narrative will set the tone. “We like to be together,” is choosing a mindset of joy and contentment in the people you are around. Only you can claim your mindset, and as you choose it over and over, it will set the culture of...

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...

Reflections

by Kirstin Ricketts | Jun 5, 2019 | Faith Matters, The Blog

When you look down into a pool of water, you see the reflection, but the murk distorts the picture. I sit in that spot this morning, as a friend has lost someone she dearly loves and honestly in her terrible circumstance, I don’t know how to reflect what God would...

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...