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Veteran’s Day 2014: Thank You
The Top Ten Tuesday list will be back next week. This week's Tuesday post is dedicated to remembering the veterans in our family with an updated version of a piece written for Veteran's Day, 2012. Yesterday was Veteran's Day, and in my world it went out with more of a...
November=Fabulous Franklin Chex Mix Recipe
November means it's time to repost Mom's fabulous Chex Mix recipe, in case you need time to gather all the ingredients for the holidays. The original recipe comes from Zoe Hemmingson, one of Mom's fellow teachers at Franklin School in Le Mars, Iowa. It's been a family...
Top Ten Reasons to Love November
November is such an awkward, unlovely child with it's chilly days and long nights. Even so, here are ten reasons to love this hard-to-love month. 10. The chances of being bitten by a rattlesnake are low. 9. It's a good time to rearrange the living room and sweep the...
Press On!
We interrupt this month's devotional to congratulate the winner of The Caregiver's Notebook give away, Pam Christensen. Here's what she says about how she plans to use the book: Both of our sons have different learning disorders and ADHD. It gets complicated keeping...
Different Dream Vlog Series: A Gentle Touch
The Different Dream vlog series is bac for another Friday read aloud from A Different Dream for My Child: Meditations for Parents of Critically or Chronically Ill Children. Maybe this week has been a particularly long and trying one for you. If that’s the case (and...
Cilantro Pesto Pork Chops
Guess who's back in the kitchen? Not only cooking again, but also looking for ways to use meat from our half of a hog purchased from our farmer son. The meat in our freezer and a craving for cilantro pesto prompted a "pork and cilantro recipes" internet search. It...