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Is it harder to teach Tolerance or Acceptance?
Most recently Phil Robertson of +Duck Dynasty fame has been blasted for answering a question. Not only answering but giving his personal opinion to another media source when specifically asked about...
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Are you ready for your deployment?
There are several things we military families go through to prepare for a deployment. One thing we excel at is waiting in lines, especially if you've been deployed at least twice. In the Air Force...
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What's the difference between Deployed and Displaced?
A while back my wife left me. Yup, it's sad. Fortunately, all she did was go to her mom's place early for #Thanksgiving . It had been five days, five loooong days, since I've had a hot meal that wasn't...
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It's not love at first sight, but certainly love at first SITE...
See what I did there? Sight... site?! While I am clever I am not this clever. Allow me to introduce +Ana White. Mother, home maker, blah blah blah, and wood-worker. You can learn more about her here...
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Make him eat it!
My youngest didn't want to eat. Nothing on his plate appealed to him and his tantrum was making it known. How could he NOT want to eat a delicious peppercorn-crusted pork loin with stuffing and a mixed...
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Can You Afford to Stay at Home, Mom?
We're a military family with four children ages 4-10. We recently purchased our second home, drive an SUV and a newer 2013 car that I drive to/from work, own a boat, two +Harley-Davidson motorcycles...
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Why would you need a back up plan? Why not just have my back?!
+Military Spouse posted another article titled Yes, you DO need a backup planand, as usual, I couldn't just let it go. It was written by another spouse in response to a previous article on "extreme...
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Want a Happier Marriage? Here Are Some Facts...
+Jules Yap runs a blog called IKEAHackers.net and posted a Valentine's Day graphic from +Happify packed with research data from various, reliable, sources. While this minuscule graphic runs practically...
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Even if it hurts...
I can't imagine NOT wearing it! I've left the house without my watch on but this just felt too weird... You know the feeling, kinda nude, not exactly "right", like you showed up to school without any...
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I wouldn't buy a new car if my life depended on it...
+Military Spouse ran an editorial called Skinny Spouse Confessions in which the anonymous author talked about her struggle with weight gain and how she constantly gets comments like "gosh, you are so...
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The Cost of Being a Kid
It was 1987, I was 9 years old, and after a trip to see the +St. Louis Cardinals beat on the +Los Angeles Dodgers I was hooked on baseball. I did whatever it took to make a few bucks; I mowed yards,...
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The Spoken Word and the Only Thing You Can't Take Back
It happens all the time; we say something and don’t understand or realize the severity of the words coming out of our mouths. I’m not just talking about an “ugly comment” or one of the many times...
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My Homeschool Post Deleted Itself... This is What You Get.
So, after several hours my auto-save function proved worthless. In my attempt to re-write the post I submit the following, which is really a super-edited version of my original:Why We Home-school1) No...
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Happy Fourth of July!
The Fourth of July is for celebration! A time to remember the sacrifice and bravery of our fore-fathers, as well as the commitment of our service-men and women of today. In commemoration of this event...
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Worst dad ever? Or just not as good as everyone else...
I've made some pretty amazing wood working projects in my day, but this guy is amazing. He's made a couple of things but this one takes the cake. The first project I saw from him was his pneumatic...
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Stay Tuned!!!
Make sure to like/follow my page for an upcoming series of topics which will include:Spirituality/FaithDiscovering, defending, and exercising your faith.Why I am/am not a Christian?What are your...
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Back to School....
Before I get too far into this I had to share this...+The Holderness Family . really outdid themselves with this one.So it's back to school time and for us, a homeschooling family of four, that can be...
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What happened to Thanksgiving?
Obviously I'm not the first to think it, especially after my 5-year old asked his mother, "Aren't we supposed to do Thanksgiving before Christmas?" An article posted from a Houston, Texas, newspaper,...
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Do we influence or determine our children's futures?
When I ask if we influence or determine our children's futures, I'm adding the emphasis on "or". So the question is really, do we influence their futures whereby they can still choose, or do we...
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Minimum Wage...or Minimum Work?
In September of 2013, +Forbes had published an article that ...Welfare Pays More Than Minimum-Wage Work in 35 States. This was based on a study performed by +The Cato Institute and subsequent results...
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