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Top 10 Reasons Spring Needs to Arrive Immediately if Not Sooner
This time of year, most Midwesterners are itching for spring, and I'm one of them. Here are ten reasons spring can't come soon enough. 10. Mom's It's-too-cold-to-go-out-to-eat-why-don't-you-go-pick-something-up-and-bring-it-here excuse will no longer hold water. 9. ...
Special Needs Family Camp Needs You!
Now we who are strong ought to bear the weaknesses of those without strength and not just please ourselves. Each of us is to please his neighbor for his good, to his edification. Romans 15:1–2 Dad was 40 when he attended his first Easter Seals Camp. That was in the...
The Danger of Self-Diagnosis for a Fantastic Friday
This week I'm preparing to speak about mental illness at our church on Sunday. No wonder this post, written four years ago this month while doing research for a book on PTSD in children, caught my eye. This post is as apropos now as it was then. The Danger of...
Dairy Free Coconut Chocolate Bars
Satisfying chocolate cravings is often a challenge for people with dairy allergies. So I was really excited to find a recipe for low-carb coconut chocolate bars that are dairy-free at The Nourished Caveman website. I didn't alter the recipe at all for my first try,...
Top 10 Things I Wish I Could Give Up for Lent
This year I decided to give up snacks for Lent. With my efforts failing more often than not, I've come up with a long list of what I wish I'd given up instead. 10. House cleaning. This one I would willingly doing for Lent and beyond. 9. Being an unpublished fiction...
Broccoli Obama and Presidential Trivia All Over Again
For those of you who keep track the answer is yes. Yes, I posted on the Friday following Presidents' Day a year ago. But because this week marked Barak Obama's final year as president, the following post from the archives is the only possible choice for today. Plus,...