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Tag Archives: 5 Minutes for Faith
Checking in With the Sisters – A New Year’s Question
The first week of the New Year is rolling to an end. While I was checking in with our sister sites this [...]
Checking in With the Sisters – Learning to Receive
As a child on Christmas morning, I always felt kind of sad for my mom, who never seemed to have many presents [...]
Checking in with the Sisters – Real Rest
I love waking up before my youngest son and watching him sleep. Why is it that in sleep my kids’ innocence is [...]
The Dance of the Pepper Shaker – Checking in With the Sisters
Every week, I check in with our sister sites to see what has been posted recently. Every once in a while a [...]
Do You Mean It? – Checking in With the Sisters
My kids love to ask questions. What kids don’t? Do you ever find yourself answering their questions with canned responses? On 5 [...]
Learning to Let Go – Checking in With the Sisters
As much as I love the Fall, with the milder weather and the changing leaves, and the new school year for my [...]
“That’s Not Fair!” Checking in With the Sisters
“That’s not fair!” – a phrase I have heard from the mouths of my children plenty of times. Sometimes I agree with [...]
The Art of Catching Frogs – Checking In With The Sisters
It’s not every day that posts make me get teary-eyed, but I found one today while I was checking in with our [...]
Staying Bonded
Life as a mother of five kids (especially now that they are school aged) is a constant game of balancing. I have [...]
Holding Hands
“Mom! Come quick! Sister fell off her bike!” How often have I heard these words from my children? Even when the accident [...]
What’s that Smell?
As I was checking in with our sister sites this week, I was amazed at all of the fabulous articles that have [...]















