This past summer my family instated the weekly family meeting. This has been a rewarding routine for us, and I recommend it for all families as a way to stay connected, keep kids involved in decisions, and to create an intentional space to discuss troubling issues or behavior. It’s beneficial for small and large families [...]
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Four Easy Ways Everyone Can Help Haiti
Many want to help the nation of Haiti, but there’s still limited infrastructure to get the goods or volunteers to Haiti. National organizations are the safest bet:
Text “Haiti” to “90999.” A $10 donation will automatically go to the Red Cross.
Donate online at www.unicefusa.org/haitiquake.
Many hospitals and medical centers were destroyed. Donate to Doctors Without Borders at [...]
Giving the Gift of Less at Christmas
Written by Roz Heintzman of www.echoage.com
I’d like to share two Christmas Shopping Parables:
Parable 1
Jimmy loves to play with blocks and Lego, but after seeing the ads for the $150.00 Roboraptor he pleads with his Mom to buy it. Being the ‘hot’ toy of the season, she spends two weeks searching and finally ends up driving [...]
Snowshoeing in an Avalanche
I buck tradition. Traditions are often laden with expectation rather than real resonance for me.
It wasn’t long ago that I’d breeze through December with nary a thought about the holidays. Sure, I was bombarded by Christmas noise everywhere, but this didn’t create panic or a mountainous to-do list.
This orientation survived through my twenties, but did [...]