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Easy DIY Heart Pouch Valentines

February 10, 2025 By Shannon Leave a Comment This post may contain affiliate links and this site uses cookies. Click here for details.

My girls’ homeschool group is having a Valentine’s Day party this week. In addition to consuming lots of treats, the kids are exchanging cards with one another. My girls wanted to come up with unique valentines that were, as my middle child phrased it, “from the heart.” My eldest is folding paper airplanes from double-sided scrapbook … [Read more...] about Easy DIY Heart Pouch Valentines

Filed Under: Raising an Inheritance, Rejuvenating Friendships Tagged With: friendship, holidays, preschoolers, projects and crafts, school-age children

8 Benefits of Helping Others

October 13, 2021 By Shannon This post may contain affiliate links and this site uses cookies. Click here for details.

When we help others, we’re doing so to benefit them. However, a lot of research indicates that helping others also benefits us.

When we help others, the idea is to benefit them. We’re trying to do our part to make the world a better place. Interestingly, a lot of recent research indicates that helping people around us actually boosts our own health and happiness. Here are 8 ways that being kind and generous benefits our own well-being. Benefits of helping … [Read more...] about 8 Benefits of Helping Others

Filed Under: Being Salt & Light Tagged With: friendship, serving others

Hospitality in an Imperfect Home

September 10, 2021 By Shannon This post may contain affiliate links and this site uses cookies. Click here for details.

Don’t let insecurities about your home prevent you from having visitors! Here’s how I confidently host guests in my imperfect home.

About two weeks ago, we got a phone call from my husband’s cousin and his wife. They were letting us know that they were on their way to our house (they live in Louisiana and were evacuating because of Hurricane Ida). Once my kids went to bed, I jumped into action: I quickly wiped down the bathroom, I made sure clean towels were available, I … [Read more...] about Hospitality in an Imperfect Home

Filed Under: Being Salt & Light, Keeping the Home Tagged With: friendship, hospitality, serving others

16 Alternatives to “Good Luck”

July 5, 2021 By Shannon This post may contain affiliate links and this site uses cookies. Click here for details.

Would you like something other than “good luck” to wish someone at the start of a new endeavor? Here are 16 alternative ways to wish someone success.

I’m not concerned about breaking a mirror or having a black cat cross my path because I don’t truly believe in luck. However, I noticed recently how deeply the term “luck” is ingrained in my language. When someone is about to embark on a new venture, it’s not uncommon for me to wish them good luck. Likewise, I sometimes say the following: … [Read more...] about 16 Alternatives to “Good Luck”

Filed Under: Being Salt & Light, Rejuvenating Friendships Tagged With: friendship, just for fun, serving others

8 Ways to Stay Connected to Friends Without Social Media

March 17, 2021 By Shannon This post may contain affiliate links and this site uses cookies. Click here for details.

Social media isn’t the only way to maintain contact with friends! Here are 8 ways to stay connected without social media.

Last week I mused about whether or not social media is indispensable in maintaining contact with others. Though I’m not a heavy user of Facebook (the only social media I am on other than Pinterest), I’m reluctant to delete my account because I fear I will grow completely unaware of what is going on in the lives of my friends. Thank you … [Read more...] about 8 Ways to Stay Connected to Friends Without Social Media

Filed Under: Reflecting on Life, Rejuvenating Friendships Tagged With: current events, friendship, technology

Is Social Media Indispensable in Maintaining Contact with Others?

March 10, 2021 By Shannon This post may contain affiliate links and this site uses cookies. Click here for details.

Many individuals share important news on social media and solely on social media. Is using these tools the only way to stay up-to-date on their lives?

To many of us, social media seems like an important and perhaps even indispensable part of life. It’s hard to imagine that there was a time—not so long ago, in fact—when social media didn’t exist. I’m not a heavy user of social media. I have a Facebook account and a Pinterest account. I check the former a couple of times each week and I … [Read more...] about Is Social Media Indispensable in Maintaining Contact with Others?

Filed Under: Reflecting on Life, Rejuvenating Friendships Tagged With: current events, friendship, technology

5 Questions Christians Should Ask Themselves About Racism

June 15, 2020 By Shannon This post may contain affiliate links and this site uses cookies. Click here for details.

How should Christians respond to the racial divisions in our nation? We can start by answering these 5 questions about racism.

I know I have some readers who saw the title of this post and turned away. They are tired of hearing about race and racism, so they’re not going to read this. Some of you are proceeding with caution. A few of you may be proceeding with enthusiasm. Given all that I’ve seen and heard in recent weeks, I’m guessing that only a small number of you … [Read more...] about 5 Questions Christians Should Ask Themselves About Racism

Filed Under: Being Salt & Light, Growing Spiritually Tagged With: current events, friendship, handling differences

How to Love Your Neighbors During the COVID-19 Pandemic

April 16, 2020 By Shannon This post may contain affiliate links and this site uses cookies. Click here for details.

Can we support our neighbors while social distancing? Absolutely! Here are 7 ways to serve our communities during the pandemic.

Life looks a lot different today than it normally does, but being under lockdown because of a pandemic doesn’t exempt us from the tenets of our faith, including that of loving our neighbors. We’re supposed to be “social distancing,” which means we can’t be in close proximity to our neighbors. Given this, how exactly can we do things to … [Read more...] about How to Love Your Neighbors During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Filed Under: Being Salt & Light, Promoting Healthful Living Tagged With: current events, friendship, health and safety, serving others

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