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28 Nov It’s Not About the Nail
This can be taken in a good way, or not, depending on your mood. It emphasizes how different men and women are in communication. ...
26 Nov Resources for Your Marriage
Disclaimer: These authors are excellent in their areas of expertise. However there potentially could be some statements I disagree with. I nevertheless recommend them as great resources for your enrichment. Check to see if you can get them as pdfs, e-books, audios or youtube videos to catapult you...
28 Oct Frequently Asked Questions
Are all these children yours, from one husband? Yes, I have been married to the same man all my life and all these ten children come from the two of us. Were you not aware of things you could be doing? From the onset, we knew what we...
03 Oct Christmas Presents
We purchase Christmas gifts before Advent begins (mostly!!). This helps us to focus on the time of Advent and to avoid the busy shopping days. Stephanie W When I'm out shopping during the year and my kids ask for certain items, I thank them...
03 Oct Christmas Cooking
I keep Christmas very simple. I basically use the same menu plan each year, as I only use this plan once a year. I do it pot-luck, where I get the other relatives that are coming to bring the dish they are good at. ...
03 Oct Christmas Baking
When I gave up doing a lot of extra baking for Christmas when my kids grew up, it de-stressed me and my older daughters. We used to do a lot of extra baking to pass around and now we gave that up. Mary O. ...
26 Sep Ideas For Christmas
How can we help our families discover what Christmas is really meant to be? Here are a few ideas...
26 Sep General Family Traditions
From Irene Every Easter we have the tradition of painting easter eggs. We hardboil some eggs and use paints to color them. We blow out other eggs and use wax and paint to create eggs we can keep. Traditionally we paint these eggs on Good Friday....
26 Sep Moms’ Group Program
Session #1 - Introduction. Primary Educator Session #2 - Character Building Session #3 - Order and Time Session #4 - Material Order Session #5 - Housework Session #6 - Obedience Session #7 - Sincerity Session #8 - Fortitude Session #9 - Budgeting Session #10 - Sanity Savers Session #11 - Your Husband...
26 Sep Moms’ Group – Session #11
YOUR HUSBAND Your husband has a vital role in your family, just like you do. In many ways it may be the same, but it is different and complimentary. He approaches things from the point of view as a man and as such has different outlooks,...
26 Sep Moms’ Group – Session #10
Sanity Savers Being a mom and wife are the most important roles we have. They are roles in which we serve the people we love most and invest a lot of energy, skill and thought into what we do. Our role is unrepeatable and highly valuable....
26 Sep Moms’ Group – Session #9
BUDGETING This is a great discussion. No need for pen and paper. Just go for it. Many times in married life we need to be on a tight budget - we just bought a house, we are on one income, more children are around etc. etc. Thinking...
26 Sep Moms’ Group – Session #8
TEACHING FORTITUDE We would like that by the time our children are grown and ready to leave home, they are able to resist harmful influences, get through hard times with a sporting spirit and be able to positively overcome obstacles. These are all necessary for them...
26 Sep Moms’ Group -Session #7
SESSION #7 - TEACHING THE VIRTUE OF SINCERITY Task: Imagine that you have something extremely difficult to tell your boss or your husband – maybe that you had broken or lost something of great value to that person. What could your boss/husband say or do in...
24 Sep Moms’ Group – Session #6
Nowadays obedience is not necessarily seen in a positive light. People see it as a lack of freedom, inability to be in control, stifling etc. Yet it is a virtue and necessary for the maturity of an individual. List as many reasons why teaching and...
24 Sep Moms’ Group – Session #5
Ask the moms to write down why their work in the home is important. Take up the answers. Watch the video HomeMaker's Project. Further develop this with a talk on the following: We've spoken about order of things and time. Our housework takes up the most time in the...