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Why You Ought To Persevere
  Are you homeschooling? If so, you've discovered that things are seldom as easy as you supposed. All of us at one time or another have looked at the yellow buses going by and thought, “Well, there’s always that …” But here are some things which help us keep on course when the headwinds pick…
Posted by Hal in Homeschooling Boys, Raising Boys, teaching boys
The Worst Christmas Ever, Part 5
Christmas is a big deal at our house. We grew up in Christian homes, where Christmas was celebrated in a family-oriented, Christ-honoring way. We love the holidays. I try to shop all year, watching out for deals on the things I knew our children would love. Even the times I was on pregnancy bedrest, I…
Posted by Hal and Melanie Young in Christian Living, Family Life, Holidays
The Worst Christmas Ever, Part 4
All Things. The Scriptures talk about the value of a word in season. “A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver,” wrote Solomon in Proverbs 25:11. Sometimes a particular conversation or note, a phone call or email, will make a radical change in a situation. I experienced this while the…
Posted by Hal and Melanie Young in Uncategorized
The Worst Christmas Ever, Part 3
Who's in Charge Around Here? My father died when I was fourteen. Kids that age don’t think about the possibility of death, but when you lose someone you love, that innocence is gone forever. When Hal and I got married, I was so afraid he’d die that I’d wake up in the night to put…
Posted by Hal and Melanie Young in Christian Living, Family Life, Holidays
The Worst Christmas Ever, Part 2
The Christmas I Couldn’t Sing My family doesn’t have a history of cancer, so the news that I might have lymphoma had a sense of unreality to me...   I didn’t have any symptoms to speak of. Losing weight? Well, yes, I had lost weight, but I had been dieting for several months and was…
Posted by Hal and Melanie Young in Christian Living, Family Life, Holidays
The Worst Christmas Ever
It's been over ten years since the worst Christmas ever. It all started on a plane ride home with Hal. We had been to a business event and he coughed uncontrollably the whole trip. "I think I have pneumonia,” he said. “I'm calling Dr. Watson tomorrow." What? Hal never goes to the doctor if he can…
Posted by Hal and Melanie Young in Christian Living, Family Life, Holidays
What’s a Good Gift for My Son?
One of the top questions we get this time of year is "Can you give me some ideas for presents for my boys?" We've written posts on this before, but this time we've taken it a step further. We've included gifts for young boys, older boys, teens, and even adult sons. Check it out and…
Posted by Hal and Melanie Young in Uncategorized
Strategic Shopping Giveaway!
Last night on our podcast, Making Biblical Family Life Practical, we interviewed Candy Foote of Strategic Shopping. She gave us a ton of great ideas for Saving Money at Christmas and she also offered to sponsor a giveaway!     Strategic Shopping - In this 143 page eBook, Candy takes shoppers step by step through…
Posted by Hal and Melanie Young in Uncategorized
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