4 Ways to Help your Kids Develop a Healthy Lifestyle

I’m so happy to have my friend Kelly Smith here on this Third Thursday to share some tips on wellness and developing a healthy lifestyle in our children.  We know our kids learn by what we do more than what we say, so thanks for the great tips and here’s Kelly!  I remember the year …

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Heeding the Call

“Down!”  The coach screams to his player rounding third.  He’ll need to slide into home to score the run.  The coach sees what the player can’t as the player runs as fast as he can.  He heeds the coach’s call and slides.  Safe! The run scores and the crowd erupts. Wouldn’t it be great if …

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Third Thursday Wellness!

I’m so excited to welcome you to the Third Thursday!  The more  I write, the more I meet other wonderful writer friends.  I want to share their words with you, so each month on the Third Thursday, you’ll meet one of my friends here! To start us off, we are going to continue the wellness …

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Come on, Jump In!

“Mom, are you going to come in? Come on, Mom!” My daughter calls to me from the pool.  My perennial reply is “when I’m hot, I’ll come in.”  The cool water refreshes me after warming on a lounge chair in the summer sun.  I usually wade in, slowly getting used to the water.  But if …

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Finding Joy

Don’t you love when life confirms what you already know?  This often happens with science confirming Biblical truths. I imagine God laughing when this happens. It’s similar to when kids finally understand something parents have been saying for years.  Suddenly, someone else tells them the same thing and it’s an amazing revelation! As I was …

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