Expressing the unspoken thoughts between children and their fathers

Thank You Dad: 100 Reasons Why I Am Grateful for You “I know I always looked up to my father when I was young,” writes best-selling author Gregory E. Lang, “but I’m also sure that usually I did a good job of hiding it. Like many children and teenagers, as I was growing up, I [...]

Forevermore you would be my most thankful thing

The Most Thankful Thing Kindergarten-Grade 4-After a mother tells her daughter that she’s remembering everything she has to be thankful for, the child pulls out Mama’s scrapbook and asks, “-what are you the very most thankful for?” The ensuing story follows the two as they page through the woman’s memories. The girl expects each entry [...]

A Parents Lesson From Hurricane Irene

When I woke up on Monday August 29, the day after hurricane Irene, I looked out the of the window and saw the most beautiful, picture perfect weather. I began wondering if the whole hurricane was just a bad nightmare. But when I took a stroll outside the evidence of reality was right there staring [...]

Emergency Preparedness Basics – Are You Prepared for a Disaster?

If you have spent any time watching the news in the past decade, you’ve probably also spent some time thinking about what would happen if a major disaster happened in your area. You may even have taken a look at disaster preparedness information. Perhaps you purchased a standard 72 hour emergency preparedness kit a few [...]

365 Days of Thankfulness Is Thankful to Be Moving!

I have been having trouble keeping up with my 365 days of thankfulness project on Mama, so I’ve decided to move the project to Twitter. If you are interested, you can follow my daily thankful tweets @Whitepines

365 Days of Thankfulness #8

Today, I’m thankful that I have both my arms and legs. I can’t imagine feeling terrible pain in toes I no longer have as so many people who have lost a leg say they do. I know it sounds a little Pollyanna, but I truly am glad I feel pain and look down and actually [...]

365 Days of Thankfulness #6 and 7

Oh, dear. Less than a week in and I’m already missing days! I am thankful for Thanksgiving today. Friends, family, food and laughter. I’m also thankful for my new, fun gig at shesconnected.com and finding out that I can get into some really cool places for a big discount with my student id! What is [...]

365 Days of Thankfulness #5 – Chickens Don’t Always Cross the Road

It is a simple thing, but today I am thankful for it nonetheless. One of the kids’ chickens jumped over the fence and stayed right on the other side trying to get back in instead of running off to cross the road. Of course, the silly critter couldn’t figure out that she needed to hop [...]

365 Days of Thankfulness #4 – a Clean Stove

Today, I’m thankful for a clean stove. I worked really hard to get it that way, so here’s hoping no one gets a wild urge to bake something messy in the next few hours! It is nice to be able to enjoy the shiny white surface for a bit after all the work, you know? [...]

365 Days of Thankfulness #3 – Fresh Bread

Today, I’m thankful for bread. Specifically, I am thankful for the recipe for wheat bread in Healthy Bread in Five Minutes a Day. The smell of fresh baked bread in the morning and being able to slice off a few pieces to make sandwiches in the afternoon? Oh, yum. I guess I’m part of a [...]

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