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Children and Dealing with Death

January 12, 2015advice for parents, mom, mom of toddlers, motherhood, Parenting, Spiritual Encouragementchildren, children and death, Christian encouragement, christian encouragement for moms, death, encouragement for moms, Parenting, raising childrenT.W. Allgaier

Death….

…..unfortunately is a part of life.

My sister in law passed away last night in her home surrounded by her adult children and loved ones. She had suffered from that evil disease cancer for too long. She fought the good fight.

But how does one deal with death and young children? How do we teach them that as believers in the Lord Jesus Christ we do NOT have to fear death?

I am by no means an expert, nor do I pretend to be. All I can share is my experiences. Continue reading Children and Dealing with Death →

I’m Sorry

January 7, 2015advice for parents, Christian encouragement, Christianity, Discouraged Christian, homeschool material, homeschooling, simple spiritual lessons, Spiritual Encouragementbehavior in children, Bible study, Biblical lesson, children, Christian encouragement, christian encouragement for moms, encouragement for moms, homeschooling, homeschooling mom, I'm Sorry, raising children, Saying you are sorry to your kids, simple spiritual lessonT.W. Allgaier

What????

“Who dropped those crumbs all over the kitchen floor” I said to the boys. “Not me” said the eldest, “I didn’t do it either” said the youngest.

“Well one of you got crumbs all over my clean kitchen floor” I said in a voice that I was not proud of. “I have cleaned the bathroom and worked so hard on this floor. Our friends are coming over tonight and I don’t want to have to mop it again!”

“But Mom, he must have done it because I did not!” “Nuh-uh, I did not!” Then the arguing and accusations ran rampant. Continue reading I’m Sorry →

What’s A Mom to Do AFTER Christmas?

December 29, 2014advice for parents, creative teaching, homeschooling, mom, mom of toddlers, motherhood, Parenting, Spiritual Encouragement, Uncategorizedadvice for moms, after Christmas, children, christian encouragement for moms, encouragement for moms, new homeschooling mom, new mom, Parenting, raising children, unconditional love for childrenT.W. Allgaier

After Christmas…

The kids are at home, school is not in session.

The toys are no longer fun….

We’ve all been there. Seems like the boxes and their delight lasted longer. Every year I thought we might should save some of the toys for the winter months. But alas, year after year we bought.

Learn from our mistakes.

So what to do? Continue reading What’s A Mom to Do AFTER Christmas? →