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    The Two Routines I Can’t Live Without

    September 16, 2020 / No Comments

    I’m not a morning person.  In fact, waking up in the morning has to be my least favorite activity in all creation.  It’s worse than a mosquito bite on the bottom of your foot.  It’s worse than getting stung by a bee.  It’s worse than a 5 month old milk bottle found under the backseat of your car.  I really HATE waking up. That’s because I’m not the cute little toddler who springs out of bed ready to run full steam all over the living room chasing the dog.  Oh no.  I’m that mom who has severe brain fog, neurons that don’t fire well until after some caffeine has been…

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    How to Emotionally Help your Child with Social Distancing at School

    September 13, 2020 / No Comments

    Our kids are back at school in person this year, and there are a LOT of creative ways being implemented to keeps our kids safe while they’re there.  Some of those things include masks and additional hand washing, but the majority of those safety precautions involve social distancing. I was at a Moms in Prayer meeting a few weeks ago, and a couple of the moms were talking about the effects of this social distancing on their kids.  One of our school’s protocols is to keep the classes separated when they go out for recess, basically isolating each class from the others.  Although the entire 5th grade is outside at…

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    What’s Your Homeschool Style?

    August 8, 2020 / No Comments

    Did you know there was such a thing as a homeschool style?  Just like different people have different fashion styles, different families have different homeschool styles.  Some families like a super structured routine with lots of memorization and repetition.  Some families prefer to be more laid back and “unschool.”  Do you know what style you want your homeschool to be?  When we lived in Alabama, I was surrounded by moms who homeschooled.  Almost every stay-at-home mom I knew was also a homeschool mom, and that was mostly because public education in Alabama is very poor.  The best two options for education were private school (the popular private schools were the…

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    Guaranteed Ways to Make Your Kids Feel Loved

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    Everyone feels alone and unloved sometimes.  Kids are no exception.  Sometimes they lash out in anger, sometimes they throw horrible tantrums, sometimes they break things, sometimes they fall into depression or anxiety when they don’t feel loved.  But there’s a surefire way to ensure your kids feel loved and safe in your family, and today I’m going to share some guaranteed ways to make your kids feel loved.  Not only will they feel loved, but you’ll be raising happy kids too! Why kids need to feel loved When kids feel loved they feel safe.  They feel protected.  They feel like someone’s got their back if something scary happens.  Feeling loved…

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    12 Surprising Skills Teens Need to Know

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    My husband is a college professor and we both love having college students over to our house.  We have students over for dinner and for bible study, and the conversations we have are great!  Some of the best ones have involved huge mistakes they’ve made when they tried to do things they took for granted because their parents did them when they lived at home instead of learning how to do those things themselves.  We’ve had some pretty funny laughs hearing their mishaps, but in all honestly, as parents, it’s our job to teach our kiddos how to do these things BEFORE they go to college and turn all their…

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Hi!  I’m Erin.

Welcome to my little space on the web!  After a year in a pandemic, I’m gardening for holistic health and happiness, focusing on nutrition-rich foods that heal and support the immune system.  I hope you’ll join me on this gardening adventure!

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