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Focus on Relationships: The 7th Principle of the Simple Life
Eight years ago, our sewer line backed up and caused a small flood in our basement. Gray water had entered the garage and the playroom. Our insurance company required us to discard everything that...
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We Need Grandparents… Especially our Kids.
by Emily Molitor We need grandparents. Society tells us that the “elderly” are a burden, that their needs often outweigh their worth. On the contrary, it is us who are in need. We need their example,...
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Absent Without Leave: Learning to Live With My Gadabout Grandparents
I think I have a problem. Perhaps it’s because I’m from a different generation. I’m a bit more staid and sensible, not quite so carefree and fun-loving. I try to understand their ways, I really do....
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Families & Grandparents: Why We Need Each Other
The art of living well not only depends on the virtues of motherhood and fatherhood and the parents’ commitment to the total well being of children in mind, body, and soul but also on the presence of...
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Toys & Tributes: Why the Old & Young Need Each Other
The old and the young have a special relationship as illuminated by Old Mother Goose and her nursery rhymes, as well as grandparents and their grandchildren. The old and the young enjoy a greater...
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My children and I were recently speaking about when and how I first began home schooling. The textbook answer is that I started home schooling in the sixth grade, but in its truest sense, home...
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Back to (Home)School: My 5 W’s of Homeschooling
Several weeks ago, I was asked to write a column for this magazine with the “Back to School” theme. I considered this somewhat ironic since the defining feature of homeschooling is that we are not...
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When the Kids Are Gone: Hidden Lives of Homeschool Moms
SummaryPatricia Purcell has fun thinking about something homeschool moms don’t usually consider: what do do when the kids are gone. Her ideas sound exciting! I was recently chatting with my...
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