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Year in Review Printable
Yay! The school year is done! YES! Celebrate! But before you jump into planning next year, take a moment and look back. Somethings work and somethings didn’t. Here’s a printable to help you look back and write down your year in review. Print one out for your overall year. Then print one for each student. 🙂 Be on the lookout for my blog series: What to do when the Shiny New Curriculum Fails. I hope you like it. As always: I’m cheering you on!
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Bridal Shower Books
I remember being a young, naive bride to be working the cash register at a local store. A newlywed customer rented a few videos and spilled the wisdom of six months of marriage. “It’s hard work” I remember rolling my eyes and uttering back in my wisecracking fashion, “If it is real love it shouldn’t be.” The wife huffed, returned my eye rolling, and left the counter shaking her head. Oh, the ignorance of inexperience and the wisdom of hindsight. Less than a few weeks into my own marriage and I was on my knees begging God and anyone who would listen for help. These are the books that guided…
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Summer Planner Printable
Wanna have fun and get stuff done this summer? Whether it’s writing a new novel or decluttering old shoes scribble it into your free planner. Subscribe using the form below and download. 🙂
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Patience in Trials
Waiting Bites! Especially during seasons of trials and hardship. Patience is the last thing I want to pray for when fighting through a battle. How about you? Dive into the 2nd part of Romans 12:12. BTW- I did not intend to shoot this video sideways. And immediately after shooting I walked into the kitchen to find my husband wading in the water gushing from our suddenly dysfunctional sink drain.
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Reading with Your Mom
So you’re all grown up and growing with your girl. But learning happens for an entire lifetime. Don’t forget to read and grow with your own mother. Here are some books I’ve read with my Mom and some I’d like to read with her. Love Comes Softly In 9th grade I needed a book for a book report. I didn’t want just any book. This was the book my mother handed me. I loved it! It was romantic without being mushy and adventurous without being unreal. I still love this book and it still offers conversation starters for my mom and me. Helen’s Babies This heartwarming quick read demonstrates a…
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Books for the Almost Adulting
The ages between 17 and 21 are crazy with inner and outer turmoil. A girl is almost an adult. Perhaps she’s struggling with being single. Maybe she’s married or thinking of marriage. Perhaps she’s even as a little one of her own. That doesn’t mean she’s no longer your girl. She needs you more than ever, even if she won’t admit it. Books are great way to keep the dialogue going during this wild season. Fawkes Staring a year before the world meets Guy Fawkes, this historical fantasy is brimming with easy allegory and gentle conviction. Although fun and whimsical this book feeds the soul and not only the imagination.…
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Hope
Sometimes hope hurts. Especially when walking through a season of depression. But hang on… Rejoice in hope. Keep a record of good days and press on.
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Grow with Your Girl (part2)
Dolls and Lovies may still grace her bedroom floor in minesweeper quantities. But your little girl is beginning to curve in conspicuous places and all of a sudden she wants more involvement in grown-up things. Don’t fight the process. Join in! Learn how to grow with your girl Dream Together Not quite ready for boys, yet, my girl likes to dream of what she’ll do for the kingdom of Heaven. It’s one of my favorite things about her. She’s always dreaming up new ways to make a positive impact on the world for Christ. She enjoys and delights in these dreams. I continually encourage her to dream up bigger and…
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Chase & Cling
I remember being a kid. The instant my Daddy got home, I’d hear his voice and come running. My sister took one leg and I took the other. We sat on his feet and let him drag us around the house until we fell off. Now, I do the same thing in my spiritual life. When Jesus calls me by name, I chase after Him, cling tight and do my utmost not to let go. How do you respond to Jesus? Have you responded to Him? He’s ready and waiting to let you cling to Him.
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Girltime Reads: For tween/teens
My girl and I come from a different breed of lady. Although we do enjoy the occasional princess storyline… we gravitate toward hearty, harassed, heroines and stories whose happy endings often reflect future hope, not only a comfy future. Here are a few of our favorites. Buy one and enjoy it with your girl. Grow beside her in a book-venture. (this post does contain affiliate links.) For the wild woman: The Girl from Montana A lonely girl rides from Montana to the east with only her horse and the Lord as her companions. Will she give into the easy path or stay steadfast in her journey home? My girl and…
