by Arise2 Grow More | Jun 18, 2025 | Family
When do parents consider their children all grown up? Is it a specific age, particular event, or experience that has to happen? Our government considers our kids adults at 18 years old. Having to file their own taxes for the first time should be a rite of passage to...
by Arise2 Grow More | May 28, 2025 | Family
I don’t remember having a game night when I was growing up. We did play cards and board games now and then. Scrabble was my mom’s favorite so we played that more often than Monopoly, my brother’s favorite. My brother and I would play Pepito with our coins during the...
by Arise2 Grow More | May 7, 2025 | Family
This year marked the 60th wedding anniversary for my parents. We weren’t there on the exact day of their anniversary but we were able to visit the month after. So my mom invited close family and friends to a restaurant to celebrate. She wanted a small gathering but...
by Arise2 Grow More | Apr 16, 2025 | Family
A long time ago when my kids were preschool age, they participated in an Easter egg hunt during the children’s worship time. There were only 12 eggs hidden so the older kids had to help the younger ones find an egg. The adult leader told the kids not to open the...
by Arise2 Grow More | Mar 26, 2025 | Family
My previous post, “Fasting Time,” mentioned the times that Scott and I fasted. Besides those times, I’ve been doing a type of intermittent fasting for over a year now. I don’t remember when I started fasting intermittently. Maybe it was during Scott’s cancer treatment...
by Arise2 Grow More | Mar 5, 2025 | Family
When I was younger, I remember my parents had a book on baby and childcare from a Dr. Spock. Before I was married, a coworker once wondered why people needed a license to drive but no license to have kids. After being married, I wondered why we had premarital...
