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		<title>A Summer Pastime</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 05:10:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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What kids haven&#8217;t dreamed of setting up a lemonade stand on a hot summer day?
My children and some of their friends set one up this weekend.
They built the stand themselves with scrap wood and nails.  My word, the number of nails they used.  Let&#8217;s just say we should huddle under this should a tornado come through.
After sitting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Sane Woman&#8217;s Guide to Raising a Large Family</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 15:43:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A month or so ago Mary, from Owlhaven, offered me a copy of her book, A Sane Woman&#8217;s Guide to Raising a Large Family. I jumped at the opportunity, not just because I really like and admire Mary, but Lord knows I could use a little more sanity in my life.
I got the book and, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Operation Christmas Child</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:20:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Children]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love this program.  We have been involved with it for a lot of years, but somehow this year has gotten away from me and I can not believe that November is almost over!
Operation Christmas Child is run by Samaritan&#8217;s Purse and is a Christian organization, but you do not need to subscribe to any particular [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Positive Reinforcement</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2007 04:33:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever noticed that it is really easy to ignore your children when they are  being good?  And then as soon as they act up, or do something naughty you come right down on them?  I know this can&#8217;t just be me.
But some days it seems like an impossible task &#8220;catching&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thanksgiving projects</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Nov 2007 15:03:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Children]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have long heard about families who sit around the Thanksgiving table and all say one thing that they are thankful for before diving into the dinner.  While I love this idea, I know my large unwieldy family and extended family would never stand still long enough to do this.  So how to incorporate this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Gift Of Yourself</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2007 05:19:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The holiday season is quickly approaching, though according to the stores I shop in it has been for a couple of weeks now.   And it is the time to think about charity, good works, and reaching out to those less fortunate in the spirit of the holiday season.  Not to say that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Importance of Giving</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jun 2007 12:52:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Allowance]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was my son&#8217;s birthday this weekend.  With seven kids we don&#8217;t need to have big fancy parties.  We are our own party.
We have some traditions that we carry out with every birthday.  The first of which is a treasure hunt.  I make up silly rhymes, write them on index cards [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Making a Wish</title>
		<link>http://www.handipoints.com/mommypoints/children/making-a-wish/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jun 2007 04:07:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Children]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Keeping It Real]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kindness Of Spirit]]></category>

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One of my children gave me a dandelion for Mother&#8217;s Day.  The dandelion itself wasn&#8217;t my present, my son was explicit on that front.   My present was the wishing potential of the dandelion.
I blew it off and promptly forgot about it.  I am not sure I actually even made a wish, it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Raising Children Who Are Kind and Generous</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2007 02:39:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes when my children are bickering for what feels like the hundredth time that day and they are flinging unkind words back and forth at each other, I can&#8217;t help but wonder if I have done something very, very wrong  in the way that I have raised them.  I think we all do [...]]]></description>
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