Godly Parenting
Parenting as an extension of my redemption in Christ, of who I am as a Godly woman, who I am as a saved sinner and how that truth impacts my life and parenting.
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My Cyber Monday Gift Guide
Cyber Monday is here! This is MY shopping day! You can keep Black Friday and all the bickering crowds and busyness. I want to shop from my couch in my jammies and have Christmas delivered to my house! Whether you’re a homeschooler, grandparent, spouse, or just want a few things for yourself, this list covers it all. (Heaven not Harvard is as a participant in affiliate programs including the Amazon Associates Program. As an affiliate, I earn from qualifying purchases.) Some of these are not my referral links but are great deals that I have found for my own shopping use today! Mindware is one of my favorite shops for…
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Ways You Can Support a Family with a Premature Baby
I wasn’t prepared for a premature baby when my daughter was born 6 weeks early. Since we were adopting, some of the normal concerns of pregnancy just weren’t on my radar. And because we were matched so late into the pregnancy, we’d only had a few weeks to prepare at all before being thrust into parenthood with the emergency of premature birth. Today, November 17 is National Prematurity Day. According to WHO, each year more than 15 million babies are born prematurely, that’s more than one in ten. And these numbers are increasing! Chances are someone you know will have a premature baby. They will need help & might not…
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Will you take the BOLD 30 days without complaining challenge?
30 Days Without Complaining??? Going without complaining is hard enough to do for five minutes much less 30 days, but I’ve learned that the secret to thankfulness is changing my heart from the inside out. Every fall, near the end of October thankfulness and gratitude challenges begin to dominate social media as we start to look ahead to the Thanksgiving holiday with a sense of how greatly we have been blessed. But after participating in several different Thankfulness/Gratitude Challenges, I noticed that being thankful in one social media post a day wasn’t the same thing as truly having an attitude of thankfulness. Was I truly focusing on the blessings that God has…
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Are you looking for cute Thanksgiving Decorations?
Looking for cute Thanksgiving Decorations, but not finding much left on the shelves? Don’t Stress – Here are some of my favorite ideas! (Heaven not Harvard is a participant in affiliate programs including the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.) Today, I went shopping for Thanksgiving decorations. I had a coupon for the local home decor store, and I was so excited. All week, I’d been looking forward to this shopping trip. Walking in, I was prepared to spend a decent amount of money I’ve been saving since my birthday.…
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Creative Ways to Have Extra Christmas Money
Wouldn’t a little extra Christmas money make Christmas a little more magical and a lot less stressful this year? While giving gifts isn’t the main message of CHRISTmas, we do want to show people how loved they are! But we don’t always have the funds for what is in our hearts. (Heaven not Harvard is a participant in affiliate programs including the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.) Every year, I promise myself I’ll actually enjoy Christmas with all the delicious baking and warm family times. But the stress of…
