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I have been struggling about what to write for Family Friday this week because I didn’t get any pictures and our week has been ordinary and usual.  Then it dawned on me, EVERY DAY is a family day!  Family comes first… even on busy weeks our activities reflect that family comes first.

The importance of family can not be overstated.  Family is the gift that God gives us at birth.   Families are the first nurturers, educators, protectors, and caregivers.  Somethings never change.  Most of my children are grown and moving on, some even starting families of their own.  I still nurture.  I still educate.  I still protect.  I still care.  I still comfort.

Here are a few reasons why my family comes first:

They made me the person I am today.  Whether I’m thinking of my parents and siblings, or my husband and children, this is one of the reasons…

Today I have have to say how satisfied I am with essential oils.  I have used oils for years and I have many reasons why I have done away with a medicine cabinet and filled my house with sweet smelling oils.

They WORK!  I really don’t know what else I can add to that that comments.  Oils seriously have changed my world.  Nearly every day we reach for an essential oils again and again.  Now we use peppermint for tummies, and lavender, for calming.  Lemon drops are in the gallons of water I drink.

Essential oils can be used in many ways: aromatically, topically, and internally. (I do need to add that not every oil should be taken internally.  Be sure to read the bottle.  If it doesn’t say “for dietary use” you should probably not swallow it).

Essential oils are easy to take on the go.  My purse has…

I am passionate about education.  I believe that the main mission of education should be to spark in students a desire to be a life-long-learner.  Education is more than English, science and math.  Education needs to inspire students to educated themselves – ongoing, voluntary and self-motivated.  Students who understand how to learn and how to apply what they learn, students who love to learn and who are motivated to learn for themselves enhance social skills, become active citizens, develop personally, and become self-sustainable and employable.

Education must think “outside the box” to create life-long-learners.  Education curriculum needs to include the arts – music, art, drama and dance. The benefits including  these subjects in course catalogs far out weighs the costs of providing them.  The benefits of a fine arts education include better grades, higher standardized test scores and higher educational attainment, attending school more regularly and a higher self-concept.  The…

I will admit.  I have lived many years not understanding that inner peace is my choice.

“Peace of mind is not the absence of conflict from life, but the ability to cope with it.” – Unknown

A Warrior develops inner peace.

I’ve had my share of ups and downs, disappointment and sadness. Perhaps I didn’t believe that peace was possible… at least not in this life.  Peace was something for someone else.  Not me.  I think I was stuck.  I was stuck in the thinking that peace was not possible when there seems to be some drama, some problem, some stress hanging around.  All the negative stuff in the world, in the news, in the community seemed overwhelming.

I found my heart grieving.

I found it hard to control how I felt, to control my own emotional state.

I really did want to release all conflict in my life.  I…

I am afraid that we, as adults, have not fully prepared our teens to be adults.  I am more and more aware the we have not created Generation XYZ.  We have created Generation Lacking.  I’m not talking about lacking in material things.  In fact, having so many material things has contributed to a lack of real life skills… skills that could save them in adulthood, even from a impending Zombie invasion.

Some to the most popular television series for young adults and teens today focus on what would happen if society were to face utter destruction. Zombies.  How would you survive if you had to hunt or gather or grow your own food, find fresh water, live without electricity or all your electronic devises?  I know I would be fine.  I don’t mean to brag, but I’ve got skills.  The truth is that most of the kids who love these…