What was it about your husband that you fell in love with when you met him? Was it his eyes, his singing voice, his manners? Stop for a minute and think about it, list everything that drew you to him and melded your hearts together. Now look at your husband. Really look. Maybe he doesn’t have a full head of hair anymore, maybe he no longer plays that sport or …
Marriage Minute ~ 10 Tips for Effective Communication
Good communication skills are essential in any relationship – even more so in a marriage relationship!! So many misunderstandings and conflicts start from a lack of or a poor execution of good communication. Thing is, everybody thinks and communicates a little differently. To really learn to communicate well with a person, you need to really get to know that person and listen to the way they communicate and think. That …
Teaching How to Notebook
Last week, I shared how we’re using Heritage History to supplement the Mystery of History and how that’s working for us. I also mentioned that we’re adding in some notebooking, but that we’re having to *learn* how to do it. Today I want to share how I’m going about trying to teach my children HOW to notebook. How We Got Started Our first real exposure to notebooking came through the …