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Where your treasure is,
there you heart will be.
(Matthew 6:21)

Mary May Larmoyeux
                         Welcome!
Read Free E-Zine
Jan., Feb., March
If you live in the Little Rock area and have a teenage
daughter, you may want to check out Leslie Ludy's Set
Apart Girl Conference this weekend (March 4-5). I've
heard wonderful things about it. (You can register at the
door.)

Leslie has written many books, including
Authentic
Beauty
and When God Writes Your Love Story. She
wants women to  understand the meaning of true
beauty.   

Read more about the Set Apart Girl Conference coming
to Little Rock

Have a great week,
Mary
Children can do some pretty unpredictable things. They may
fluctuate — quickly — between funny, serious, dangerous, and
adorable. You often wonder why they do the things they do.
Have you considered asking them?

Parents can fall into the trap of telling ...
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Not too long ago, a good friend, Karen Jordan, and I
taught a four-week writing workshop at church called
"Capture Your Story." One week we talked about
preserving our family stories for future generations,
especially our spiritual stories.

We jotted down stories that we want to share with our
families.  ...
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Capturing our stories
By Mary Larmoyeux
Since you're reading this article, I believe that you care deeply
for your children and want the best for them. Because of that,

I’d like to ask you a couple of questions:

1) Would you allow unlocked doors when your kids are staying
home alone?

2) Would you post a sign in front of your house saying, “Mom
and Dad aren’t here now. Welcome, strangers!
Come in and talk to our children about whatever you want to.”

Of course not! And yet, many of us do that very thing as we
...
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As a toddler playing on the beach in Virginia, I stumbled across
a jellyfish that had been carried in with the tide and left to dry in
the hot sand. I was intrigued by the almost clear, gelatinous
being. I reached down to touch it—only to have my father grab
my arm and warn me of the consequences of a jellyfish sting.

I didn’t know what a jellyfish was or how it could hurt me. ...
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Truth always matters
by Jayna Richardson
Ask a Teacher (with Nancy Downing)

Q:  What can we as parents do to help our children use
their imaginations?  
Read answer.