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One If By Land, Two If By Sea…
…and as many as you’d like with this fun family craft! I know after coming out of the pandemic it might feel like all home activities have been exhausted at this point. But! Here is one more for you that combines both indoor and outdoor fun for you and the kids this holiday season. These homemade winter lanterns are fun and interesting to make, yes, even for my middle schooler. After they were finished, we got to take them outdoors for a little twilight winter exploration. I initially got this idea from a homeschool blog I follow, and to be honest I couldn’t wait to try it myself with my…
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Feel to Heal
I’m all about the attitude of gratitude – finding the good, even when it’s hard to see. It can be extremely hard to do sometimes, but I try – that’s just my own personal philosophy (and I get that from my Mama). But the reality is that life isn’t always sunshine and flowers all the time, and that’s ok too. It’s so important to acknowledge, nurture and respect your feelings when you feel overwhelmed or defeated. Those feelings are valid and in order to move onward and upward we need to “feel to heal” – it’s essential for our overall wellbeing and it’s just as important as seeing the good and…
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When in Doubt, Write it Out
Ever since I was a teenager, when things would bother me or weigh me down, I would write it all out on paper. I don’t even remember how or why I decided to do it this way, but I’ve been using this technique ever since, when situations are really bugging me. We all have those circumstances in our lives that we dwell upon and that give us worry. The other day, I was having “a day”, and I needed to work on moving past the stress and move onward and upward. So I started to write everything out that was troubling me. How I like to do it: The way…