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How Do You Deal With Challenging Behavior? (An Attitude Check for Moms)

September 20, 2011

Written by Kate Tietje, Contributing Writer
There was one morning early in my third pregnancy when I was still exhausted and I was attempting to sleep just a little more after my kids got up.  I would leave my bedroom door open so I could hear them, and they would go get a snack.  Most of [...]

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The Terrible Thirst of Depression

January 11, 2011

Written by Sharon Kaufman, Contributing Writer
An Unquenchable Thirst
Several weeks ago, in a conversation over lunch, a younger woman (mid-thirties) confided to me how severely depressed she has been in past months. I empathized with her, "I know what that feels like. I was depressed, until recently, for about four years." This woman - I'll [...]

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Celebrate with Joy: Epiphany and Reflections on Transforming our Christmas Celebrations

January 5, 2010
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I found this year to be one of our most meaningful Christmas seasons so far. It has been such a blessing to begin implementing even a few new things into the way that we celebrate the birth of our Savior. Here are some of the things that we did this year:

Daily Advent devotions through the [...]

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Celebrate with Joy: Week 1

December 1, 2009
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What is Christmas? It is not a winter festival. It is not the inevitable annual energy drain. It is not a few holidays to give us a break. It is not a time to fill our children's heads with "visions of sugar plums."
Christmas is a season of holy days (the original meanings of [...]

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