In remembrance of those who lost Love Ones on This Day

America suffered a great loss nine years ago, but in the face of this tragedy many people came forth to help.  I offer a prayer to all of you who lost love ones and those of you who stepped forward to help out on this tragic day.  I also offer a prayer to all my readers, this event affected us all.

Do We Pester?

I search the web for information to provide what I hope is the best for my family.  Sometimes when I find something and share it with my spouse he isn't inthusiastic about it and says he doesn't agree wtih it.  I'm sure many of you have been in this situation.  If this happens and we try to tell him more about this new idea a few times are we going against his authority of saying no it's not a good idea and pestering him hoping he will give in or are we just trying to fill him in on this new information?  Is it possible that we feel we are just trying to explain to him our point of view and he feels that we are pestering him to get him to let us have what we desire?  If he does feel this way then how to we get him to listen to us in situations like this without coming off as a pest?  We want to do the right thing and honor him and love him the way the Lord says we should.

As we Women Age

As we age we go thorough many changes with our hormones; for everything there is a season.  We have the season when our bodies are just beginning to bud, then we go into the season when we are capable of having children, then we go through perimenopause and onto menopause and finally onto being older.  You may incounter some problems during some or all of these stages of your life and may need to seek professional help.  Before doing so you should become more informed of your body and your choices.  I read another blog today that had some great information on hormones and hope that you will go take a look over at Your Sacred Calling.  The post there was done by a doctor and was very informative for me and I hope it is for you too.

How We Speak About our Husbands and Husbands of Others

We women often hear that we shouldn't talk to people about issues we have with our husbands, but how often have you heard you shouldn't give another woman advice about her own husband?  Have you been told that you don't have the right to make bad comments about another woman's husband?  I have not read or been told this but it has weighed on my heart.  You see one night I was talking to a really close friend and I was upset with something her husband had done, so I made a derogatory comment about him to her.  She got real quiet.  After hanging up the phone God began to work on me; letting me know that what I had done was wrong and that I should apologize.  It was too late to call her back, so I had to wait and carry the guilt of what I had done till the next time I could get ahold of her.  Once I had told her that I was sorry for saying that about her husband the burden was lifted from me.  I have now learned that along with not talking bad about our own husbands we don't have the right to talk bad about other women's husbands either, even if we are talking to another woman about a friend's husband.  Not only does this make for better relationships with our friends it also keeps us from encouraging her to say bad things about her husband, which she may be more prone to do when she hears us say bad things about him.

Do you want to teach your children about classical music using living books?

If you are like me living books are the way to go when teaching your children.  Zeezok Publishing has published some great books about classical music composers, american government, movie reviews, civil war historical literature, and a penmanship course using quotes, speeches, and documents from famous presidents.  Right now Modest Mom is having a contest to give away a set of three  books about Fredick Chopin.  Winning this contest will help you to build your library of living books.  Take the link above and enter by Septemeber 14th.  Good luck everyone.

Pracitcally Pink is celebrating her 300th blog entery and would like to share

Practically Pink will be giving away three patterns from Marie-Madeline Studio to 3 guest. You get to choose which pattern you want if you're the winner.  Please check out both of these ladies websites.  Good luck to everyone.

Practically Pink is giving away a $30 gift card

Practically Pink is giving away a $30 store credit for Gussy's.  Now if you've never heard of Gussy she is a very creative woman who sew ruffeled handbags, little girls purses, laptop bags and more; go check it out.