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From Shame to Serve Me

From Shame to Serve Me

Not too long ago, a generation considered “handout”s a scarlet letter. A friend recently told me that during the Great Depression, her grandfather who had lost everything, would rather starve than accept a hand out. Accepting help from the government was considered...
Table Talk – Perfection by Diane Paddison

Table Talk – Perfection by Diane Paddison

  Today’s Table Talk  is by Diane Paddison. She has just published a terrific book called  Work, Love, Pray to encourage women. She offers encouragement to us today through her wise words on perfection, an issue women deal with on a daily basis. Perfection is one...
Humility

Humility

A couple weeks ago, Jon & I, along with 200 of our closest friends, enjoyed an evening with David Brooks. When I met him before he spoke and told him about our MOAT effort to transfer responsibilities to our kids’ plates in an effort to move away from entitlement...
Heard on the Street… Potion 9 or P9

Heard on the Street… Potion 9 or P9

Since learning about the Boozy Bears (I’m still wandering what they will come up with next), a mom in carpool shared yet another of the latest and greatest. The kids call it Mood Enhancers – bascially they are legal doses of “vitamin”/natural...
Table Talk – Got Guilt by Jane Jarrell

Table Talk – Got Guilt by Jane Jarrell

Have you guys missed our friend Jane Jarrell? I sure have… so I tapped her for a guest post this week. Here are a few of her wise words to encourage moms that work in and outside the home. Listen, even if you aren’t paid by an employer right now, you’re still working...
Boozy Bears

Boozy Bears

Here’s a heads up from a fellow MOAT. As is often the case, sneaky kids have found yet another way to hide their consumption of alcohol. The link below will take you to ClickOnDetroit who kindly walks us through the latest and greatest creative way kids are...

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