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Does the song, “I’ll be home for Christmas” ¹ Frank Sinatra made famous in the ’50s, makes you blue and gloomy because you are not going to see all of your children and grandchildren during this Christmas season make you sad? Grandparents love to be with their loved ones to celebrate [...]

One of our family traditions is to have a birthday cake for Jesus at our Christmas family gathering. The birthday cake is always a big hit with the children. They love blowing out the candles and singing “Happy birthday to Jesus, “an excellent way to teach them about celebrating the birthday of [...]

The new year is always a good time to set a focused effort for the coming year. I plan to spend more time intentionally praying for my grandchildren and great-granddaughters.  Do you have a plan to intentionally pray for your grandchildren in 2020 with purpose?  Prayer is one of the greatest [...]

There is a large audience following my blogs and Facebook posts outside the USA. Since shipping is costly outside the U. S., I have made the “Revised and Expanded” book of Grandparenting with a Purpose available in E-book format for you. We are living in a crucial time [...]

This book will challenge you and give you resources for this spiritual battle with the enemy. Our headlines are shocking today. It is a global reality that truth is under attack like never before in our schools, our political arenas, the marketplace, and even in our churches. Christianity is [...]

Do you feel like your life is weighed down, chaotic and cluttered, especially during this Christmas season? There is shopping, baking, wrapping, decorating and many other things we feel like we need to do.  Recently, I experienced the weight of things to do with trying to balance my life [...]

A few years ago, my husband and I were in Branson, MO, where we saw the excellent performance of The Miracle of Christmas at the Sight & Sound Theatre. I was impressed by how they displayed the emotions of Mary and Joseph faced the announcements of Gabriel. While the Jewish nation was waiting [...]

What are you doing with your old photos? Why not dig into the boxes and envelopes that hold your treasured, forgotten photos of your children and grandchildren and send them to them on their birthday or special occasions. Write a note of the approximate time and place of the picture was taken and [...]

Guest blog by Lynda Freeman I am so happy to be able to let you know the new book, Praying Deeper Through the Psalms for Children, is now available! My three grandsons collaborated with me and illustrated this book so, as my middle grandson says: “children will use it and learn how to [...]

The first shipment arrived last week, sold out, and now we’re waiting for our second shipment. It would make an excellent Christmas gift for your friends. Many grandparents have blessed by the book already, I don’t want you to miss out on it. We all know our world is in turmoil and [...]