Menorah at Christmas- Thanks, Barbara
I raised my two older children on the Upper West Side in New York City. They grew up in a small apartment, in a close neighborhood, in...
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Shelley Colton
- Sep 18
- 6 min
The #1 Reason to Read
The numerous wonderful and important reasons for reading could not be contained in a single book and certainly not in this article. There...
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Cecily Creighton
- May 17
- 3 min
Rock-a-Bye
“There is no strong America without strong families, and there are no strong families without a strong America. They are intrinsically...
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Ellen Wheeler
- Apr 22
- 5 min
Earth Day Everyday
“Great spiritual blessings are promised to those who love and care for the earth and their fellow men and women.” Gérald Caussé My...
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Ellen Wheeler
- Apr 18
- 6 min
A Celebration of the Earth is a Celebration of Family
Earth Day is this weekend and there are so many ways we can celebrate this beautiful planet as a family. It's wonderful to have a reason...
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Ellen Wheeler
- Mar 22
- 3 min
Transform Your Community and Your Family
By ellen wheeler Volunteering is an outstanding way to determine and demonstrate core family values. You and your kids can put into...
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Ellen Wheeler
- Mar 21
- 2 min
Volunteering Teaches Values
By Ellen Wheeler A happy family raised in an atmosphere of love and learning is the goal of most moms. We want to create a refuge where...
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Ellen Wheeler
- Mar 19
- 2 min
The Golden Rule, Rules
If humanity has a universal moral motto, it is the Golden Rule. The ancient concept illuminates a noble part of our human state: that we...
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Ellen Wheeler
- Mar 18
- 1 min
Serve and Save the World
As moms, our calling is to nurture. We inherently aspire to build families of love, goodness, happiness and peace; a sanctuary from the...
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Cecily Creighton
- Mar 13
- 7 min
What is a Well-Educated Heart?
Recently, a dear mom friend of mine introduced me to The Libraries of Hope founded by Marlene Peterson. I am striving to provide my...
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Corliss Jacobs
- Mar 6
- 3 min
How the Youth of Today Can Change The World
The Newsboys’ Strike of 1899 Just a week ago, my siblings and I performed in a production of Newsies Jr. at our local children’s theater....
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Shelley Colton
- Jan 17
- 2 min
Knowing Who Represents you in a Representative Government
"There's an app for that!" In our hypertech world, there seems to be an app for just about everything from count-downs to menstrual cycle...
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Shelley Colton
- Jul 14, 2022
- 3 min
Close to Divinity
“All that I am or ever hope to be I owe to my angel mother.” -Abraham Lincoln “Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of...
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Shelley Colton
- Jul 6, 2022
- 6 min
The 12 People You Raise
It takes a village to raise a child, but it takes a mother to raise a village.
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