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Keeping Your Family Healthy During Cold and Flu Season

October 28, 2011
More tissue boxes in more places

Written by Brandy, Contributing Writer
It's that time of year again.  The season that many moms dread for their families - cold and flu season.
Each year I review my old list and research new ways to try and keep our family as healthy as possible.  It's hard enough when a family of four or five gets [...]

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Even Real Food Bloggers Get the Blues (and How to Keep Nutrition Up in Busy, Stressful Seasons)

August 8, 2011

**I shared our exciting news the other day, which entirely relates to the re-posting of this post from almost exactly one year ago. Morning sickness, fatigue and some other challenging circumstances have made it a real struggle to put decent food on the table (or desire to eat it, for that matter) these past two [...]

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Finding Fulfillment in Being a Mother Only

January 25, 2011
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Written by Sherrie Cook, Contributing Writer
For many years I've disliked filling out paperwork at a doctor's office or school that asks for my employment status.  I struggle with knowing the right adjective or title to describe all I do in a day. Usually, I simply put "homemaker".  That never seems fair to anyone.  Does [...]

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Family Traditions that Keep Christ at the Center of Christmas

December 10, 2010
My Childhood Nativity

Written by Emily McClements, Contributing Writer
Singing Christmas carols, lighting the Christmas Tree, putting out the Christmas decorations, lighting the Advent candles, giving and receiving gifts, rejoicing in the birth of our Lord and Savior.
Christmas is such a special and magical time of year; filled with family traditions and warm memories.  But, it is also a [...]

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Real Food Holiday Recipe Roundup: 398 Wholesome Recipes

December 9, 2010

I thought of this recipe roundup again as I was pondering all of the amazingly delicious and nourishing recipes that are available throughout the blogosphere for the holidays this year.
It can be tough to find "real food" recipes. I know, because I've gone to local stores and looked around online and found little. Yes, there [...]

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Using Stoneware for Baking and Cooking

November 9, 2010

With all that I've been learning over the past few years about toxic materials in my various pots, pans and muffin tins, it has been so refreshing to find a safe alternative that I love using! I've discovered that high-quality stoneware easily meets all of my qualifications, being 100% safe, durable and effective.
I have slowly [...]

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My Simple Cast Iron Care Routine

November 5, 2010

Written by Shannon, Contributing Writer
For so long I avoided cast iron because I was intimidated by the seasoning and care process that I had read about. Then my husband came home and surprised me one day with a cast iron skillet. Of course I swooned - who needs flowers when you have Ma Ingalls-style cookware?
Still [...]

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Organization in the Garden: Evaluating What You Have and What You Need

January 26, 2010
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January tends to find me just a little bit giddy. Throughout the fall and early winter, I am just pooped from gardening and preserving season. I don't really want to see another canning jar, or hardly even another fresh tomato, and going out to get the garden prepped for over the winter is the last [...]

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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 2

December 10, 2009
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Image by ishane
It's Week 2 of making this holiday season more meaningful using the book Celebrate with Joy!
How are your Advent activities going? We've been enjoying our special devotions (or "learning about Jesus' names", as my daughter says) so much. We've almost finished making our Names of Jesus garland, and it's going to be beautiful [...]

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