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...
by Arise2 Grow More | Feb 19, 2025 | Family
It was Valentine’s Day last Friday. My son brought home a big box of specialty cookies. Scott and I chose the traditional chocolate chip and Marcus chose the cookies n cream cookie. He said we could have two each. I chose to save the last one for my daughter. Of...
by Arise2 Grow More | Jan 29, 2025 | Family
Moving to Tennessee to be closer to our daughter meant being farther away from our parents. We would be closer to one of Scott’s sisters by 8 driving hours but farther from the rest of our siblings. This meant it would be harder to visit the rest of the families. When...
by Arise2 Grow More | Jan 8, 2025 | Family
As parents, we have a major influence on our children’s habits. Depending on our kids’ ages, we can easily help them form good spiritual habits or at least encourage them through being an example to follow. Before my kids were able to read, I would read Bible stories...
by Arise2 Grow More | Dec 11, 2024 | Family
I’ve always preferred a star on the top of the Christmas tree than an angel. My dad would shape a star out of bamboo, wires, or whatever he had lying around the house. Then he would light it with light bulbs in each point and in the center of the star. The star would...
