How Our Neighborhood Impacts Us
Last Updated on February 22, 2026 “Does your neighborhood impact how you live and think?” We live in a Washington, DC suburb. Life here is…
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“It’s not fair!”
Last Updated on January 24, 2026 We would be wealthy if we had a dollar for every time that phrase was uttered by our kids! …
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Christmas THIS YEAR
Last Updated on January 25, 2026 Every October as the Christmas decorations come out all over town (which is just craziness), I become newly energized…
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Teaching Our Kids the Gift of Compassion
Last Updated on March 26, 2026 The most important gift we are giving our children this year won’t fit under the tree. It can’t be…
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The Christmas Photo — What’s a Step family to do?
Last Updated on January 24, 2026 “My mom wants to have a new family picture taken for Christmas,” Tanya shared. “She updates the photo every…
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Holidays and Stress: Refusing to Let Busyness Steal My Joy
Last Updated on January 24, 2026 The holidays are coming… Does that phrase cause little tinkling bells of joy to ring in your ears? Or…
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Global Giving
Last Updated on March 26, 2026 Every year our parents ask for Christmas lists for our family. And every year I struggle to come up…
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The List…
Last Updated on January 24, 2026 This wasn’t the way it was supposed to go. It was supposed to go something like this: High school sweethearts get married….
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The Adoption Ideal
Last Updated on January 24, 2026 Idealize (Def: to attribute ideal characteristics to) Ideal (Def: existing as a mental image or in fancy or imagination…
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Humbled
Last Updated on March 20, 2018 I recently had one of my most humbling moments as a mother. After receiving a not-so-lovely report about our…
