Advantages of Water Birth: My Non-Hospital Birth Story

Advantages of Water Birth: My Non-Hospital Birth Story – Although the advantages of water birth are many and well supported by research, statistics on water birth estimate only about 10% of U.S. hospitals offer any form of water immersion for laboring mothers. Having given birth to my last two children in the water, I honestly… Continue reading Advantages of Water Birth: My Non-Hospital Birth Story

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Operation Christmas Child Shoebox Coloring Page [Free Download]

Operation Christmas Child Shoebox Coloring Page [Free Download] – This week is National Collection Week for those of you who also put together Christmas Shoeboxes. Each year we pack shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child with our church youth group. Last year we shared some details about what we pack in those shoeboxes in Operation Christmas… Continue reading Operation Christmas Child Shoebox Coloring Page [Free Download]

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Best Gifts for the Ultimate Tebow Fan

Best Gifts for the Ultimate Tebow Fan – This Ultimate Tebow Fan gift guide was inspired by an awesome opportunity we had this week. We were able to accompany the local high school chapter of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes to East Central Indiana FCA‘s annual Fields of Faith at Muncie, Indiana. Tim Tebow was… Continue reading Best Gifts for the Ultimate Tebow Fan

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Goliath Games Brings Big Outdoor Fun to Church Youth Group

Goliath Games Brings Big Outdoor Fun to Church Youth Group – Goliath Games sent us several outdoor games to try, and we decided they would be even more fun with lots of friends. We chose to use them during the activity time at our church youth group last Sunday evening. Our youth group includes kids… Continue reading Goliath Games Brings Big Outdoor Fun to Church Youth Group

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Pain-Free Midwife Assisted Natural Birth of My Enormous Baby [Part 2]

Pain-Free Midwife Assisted Natural Birth of My Enormous Baby [Part 2] – I bet most of you are here because you want to know how to have a pain-free birth, right? Who wouldn’t? The few of you who aren’t planning to give birth in the future and are just here out of pure curiosity are… Continue reading Pain-Free Midwife Assisted Natural Birth of My Enormous Baby [Part 2]

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Married in High School – One Year Later – Why Marriage Matters Most

Married in High School – One Year Later: Why Marriage Matters Most – Of course, you know, if you’ve been hanging around here for a while, my oldest daughter was married while still in high school. We’ve covered a lot of the events leading up to the wedding, and we’ve covered the strange controversy it… Continue reading Married in High School – One Year Later – Why Marriage Matters Most

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5 Substantial Ways My Hospital Birth Sabotaged Breastfeeding – Part 2

5 Substantial Ways My Hospital Birth Sabotaged Breastfeeding – Part 2 – As you’ll remember from Part 1 of this series, I had a hospital birth with my first child because I didn’t realize how contradictory that would be to everything I believe about giving birth. You can read more about that in Why I… Continue reading 5 Substantial Ways My Hospital Birth Sabotaged Breastfeeding – Part 2

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5 Substantial Ways My Hospital Birth Sabotaged Breastfeeding – Part 1

5 Ways My Hospital Birth Sabotaged Breastfeeding: Part 1 – I gave birth to my first child in a hospital because I didn’t know any better. At the time, I didn’t realize giving birth in such a medical environment was so very far off from my philosophy of childbirth. I didn’t know there were other… Continue reading 5 Substantial Ways My Hospital Birth Sabotaged Breastfeeding – Part 1

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It’s Not About Valentine’s Day

It’s Not About Valentine’s Day – Really. It’s not! People spend a crazy amount of money on Valentine’s Day every year. It’s a holiday that makes single girls feel very single and probably ends in disappointment even for many people who are in relationships just because reality doesn’t always live up to our sometimes overinflated… Continue reading It’s Not About Valentine’s Day

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Married in High School – The Proposal

Married in High School – The Proposal – Some couples have a proposal, and then they set a wedding date. Some couples have a wedding date set for a while and then have a proposal. And then there’s this couple who, as a result of a series of unusual circumstances and a little bit of… Continue reading Married in High School – The Proposal

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