Parenting/ Families
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Ultimate Blog Challenge: DAY 3 — Budget-Friendly $5 Family Meal That Actually Worked
Having only one income in our home although sometime Gerald will help with bills when he can. I do as well if I’ve made anything that week. As for Charlie even though he said when he went to work, he would be helping with bills that hasn’t happened. I thought I would share out post Ultimate Blog Challenge: DAY 3 — which is a Budget-Friendly $5 Family Meal That Actually Worked and feed my family, and everyone was satisfied for once and full. Which is a miracle in my home. Let me tell you about the $5 meal that saved dinner last night. It wasn’t gourmet. It wasn’t pretty. It…
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When Throwback Thursday Goes Off the Rails: A Real-Life Look at Chaos, Kids, and Grace
Having kids of any age can make you want to run from the room screaming but teens can be ten times more. Stay up all night sleep all day even when they know there is jobs to be done. Which is what happened beginning on Tuesday night when David had a new Honey-Do job to do. Charlie was on his game and didn’t want to go even though its his and his dads company. I throw on clothes and my shoes and socks and out the door we go. On Wednesday David gets up early to take C to his drivers ed appointment. They get home and because the appointment…
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Mile Make Grace: Nite Letter March 31, 2026
The house is finally quiet, or at least as quiet as this house ever gets. The dogs have done their last round of barking at absolutely nothing or have they. C is in his room, headset off, lights low, the kind of tired that only comes from working, teaching, streaming, and being eighteen in a world that demands too much from him. Wondering if B is going to show up here to sleep. Gerald is stretched out in the living room, the TV humming in the background like a lullaby for grown men who sleep to the sound of gunfire. David is asleep in bed because he has to be…
