I recently read a study that highlighted the difference between our ability to recall images versus words. There were two control groups. The first was shown a picture of a circle. The word “circle” was written down for the second group. The groups were re-convened 72 hours later and asked what they were shown. The [...]
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The Healing Power of Garlic [re-post]
Recently a friend said something to me that really made a lot of sense...God created us and didn't leave us with no way to treat our ailments. He created food for medicinal purpose as well as nourishment. He created natural cures for aches and pains. I remember as a child, a friend's mom who had [...]
5 Things I Keep Stocked for Cold and Flu Season
I hate being sick! Of course who likes it (besides kids who get a low-grade fever with no other symptoms and get to stay home and watch movies instead of going to school...they like it). I also hate going to the doctor and taking medicine. Over the past few years, our family has tried hard [...]
5 Things my Kids Taught me in 2013
Every day is a new adventure and there certainly is much truth to that especially when you have six little adventures living in your home. But days are more than just adventures for us parents, they are educational as well and since we just closed the books on 2013 I thought I’d share what I [...]
A New Hope
Another Christmas has come and gone because as Brooklyn reminded us on Thursday, “last Christmas was yesterday.” But now that Christmas 2013 is in the books it seems like a time of reflection is in order. Do you remember a movie from 2006 titled Children of Men? It’s set in 2027 where women have somehow [...]
Homemade Mounds and Almond Joy
Confession....I have a HUGE sweet tooth. I know that sugar is bad for me. I know that is zaps my energy, and decreases my immune system...but I love candy. Recently Ryan and I decided that we were not going to eat candy anymore unless it is made with real food ingredients. In other words, it [...]
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Great and Other Expectations
One of the greatest sources of conflict for any of us is unmet expectations. So many of the low moments in my life are when people didn't behave the way I thought they should or hoped they would. At the same time there are an equal amount (if not more) of moments where others are [...]
What are we Teaching our Kids?
The ice started to come down here in Dallas/Fort Worth last Thursday afternoon and it didn’t stop until 24 hours later. Icemageddon was upon us and except for about an hour Sunday afternoon we were barricaded in our home from Thursday night to Tuesday morning. We have six kids. Cabin fever doesn’t begin to describe [...]
Who Has the Greater Responsibility?
One of the biggest struggles I've had as a parent is a pretty common one. And that is requiring better behavior from my children than I require from other adults or even myself. One of the ways I usually justify the higher standard for my kids is that I am teaching them and training them [...]