I’m talking this week about our family meal traditions, and the efforts we’re taking to make dinnertime for meaningful and enjoyable. Our kids’ favorite mealtime activity, by far, is to ask each other questions from our Table Talk box. I bought these on a whim on Amazon last year and they were so worth it . . . they really do inspire great conversations. We have both the family version and the kids version, and actually have to limit the kids to 4 questions per meal, or we would be there all . . .
Family Dinner Traditions: scripture reading
This post is sponsored by goTandem. This week, I am talking about family mealtime traditions . . . finding routines that help make our mealtimes together more meaningful. I've talked about lighting candles, table talk, keeping a gratitude journal, using a manners candle, and saying a prayer. Another routine we have during our mealtime is to take a moment for a short scripture reading.We do a bible reading because, in addition to it being a part of our faith tradition, we also want to . . .
What i want you to know: being a claims adjustor does not make someone a liar
What I Want You to Know is a series of reader submissions. It is an attempt to allow people to tell their personal stories, in the hopes of bringing greater compassion to the unique issues each of us face. If you would like to submit a story to this series, click here. Today’s guest posts is by Chariot. My husband works as a claims adjuster. He doesn’t sell insurance. He’s the guy who climbs on your roof to inspect and writes a report for the insurance company. In his case he is a 3rd . . .
Family Dinner Traditions: The gratitude journal
This week, I’m sharing about our mealtime traditions, and how we are trying to make our family dinners more meaningful. One of our routines has been to start a gratitude journal. We usually do “highs and lows” in the car after school, which is a nice way to hear about any struggles the kids had during the day, as well as to help them identify some positive aspects of their day. At dinner, we decided to do a gratitude journal to further encourage them to be mindful of the positive. I really want . . .
What i want you to know about being married to a porn addict
What I Want You to Know is a series of reader submissions. It is an attempt to allow people to tell their personal stories, in the hopes of bringing greater compassion to the unique issues each of us face. If you would like to submit a story to this series, click here. Today’s guest posts is by Samantha. My husband of 2 years struggles with pornography as an addiction. What I want you to know, is that if you have a partner who struggles with this addiction as well, you are not . . .
Family Dinner Traditions: Lighting candles for others
This week, each day I’m sharing some of the traditions we’ve established for our meals as a family. After we say our prayer to start dinner, we do a quick candle lighting for any people we want to be thinking about or pay honor to during our meal. This is a newer habit for me. Lighting candles is a common ritual in the Catholic faith, and we’ve adapted it in our own home because I like the symbolism. It’s so common to tell others that “we’re praying for them” but I find that lighting a . . .
What i want you to know: I am 65 and still searching for my birth family
What I Want You to Know is a series of reader submissions. It is an attempt to allow people to tell their personal stories, in the hopes of bringing greater compassion to the unique issues each of us face. If you would like to submit a story to this series, click here. Today’s guest posts is by Nancy Stetson . I was adopted into a wonderful family. My dad was a doctor and knew my birth right mom. Met her in the hospital and I turned out to be a private adoption. I did have a great life . . .
Family Dinner Traditions: prayer and meditation (and some Christian and secular mealtime prayers)
This week, as many of us are gearing up to get back into the routine of school, I thought I would share a bit about our quest to develop good dinnertime traditions. We fell off the wagon a bit this summer, and we're really trying to get back into the routine of not only eating together at the table together, but of making use of the time as a family bonding experience. Dinners with four small kids can be hectic, and sometimes it feels like more work than it’s worth. But this is one of . . .
Babble Link-up
I’ve got several news posts up at Babble right now and thought I would link you. 10 Documentaries That Will Make You Squirm and Leave You Wondering . . . Mark and I are huge documentary geeks. My favorite kind of documentary is one that asks more questions than giving answers . . . that leaves you thinking and stretches your assumptions. This is a round-up of my favorite documentaries that had us talking for days after we saw them.Five Reasons My Kids Need To Go Back To School I’m not sure how . . .
What i want you to know about looking older than your age
What I Want You to Know is a series of reader submissions. It is an attempt to allow people to tell their personal stories, in the hopes of bringing greater compassion to the unique issues each of us face. If you would like to submit a story to this series, click here. Today’s guest posts is by an anonymous reader. It seems really commonplace to bash a female celebrity for looking old. People will give a self-satisfied smile as they point to a picture of Blake Lively or Megan Fox in a . . .
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