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Friday, March 7th, 2008Families with purpose are families who dream together and work together to make their dreams and goals a reality.
Dream big! I tell my kids this a lot. I believe there is a lot of power in dreaming big and encourage my children to do so. My kids have watched me dream [...]
Parent Leadership- Learning to Lead with Love
Thursday, March 6th, 2008A family with purpose is a family who acknowledges their problems and who work together for resolutions. They deal with their problems and issues with open communication and with confidence.
When our oldest son was small, he often kept his room a mess. If I blew my stack and started yelling about what [...]
Connecting with Your Kids When You Don’t Have A Lot of Time
Thursday, March 6th, 2008A family with purpose is a family who strives to manage and balance their lives and who work diligently to prevent their lives from being controlled by outside factors. A family with purpose sets priorities and lives their lives accordingly.
Is your homework finished? Did you make your bed? What do you want for [...]
New Family Travel and Home Organizing Products
Wednesday, March 5th, 2008In anticipation of summer travel plans and our never ending quest to conquer the chaos, we have been busy adding an assortment of new items in our family travel gear section along with some brand new home organizing products.
Family Travel Products
TravelPrep.pad™ is a simple travel packing checklist with prompts to help you remember all [...]
There is a lot of Peace in Having a Plan
Tuesday, February 5th, 2008What I Think I Know - A monthly tongue in cheek commentary of things I’ve learned (or so I think)….
A few years ago, I was working a corporate job with excellent pay and incredible benefits. The company pretty much gave me everything I requested in terms of flexible work arrangements. I was working a [...]
Getting Organized for the New Year
Sunday, January 13th, 2008A family with purpose is a family who controls their lives and who work diligently to prevent their lives from being controlled by outside factors. A family with purpose sets priorities and lives their lives accordingly.
Question: My family life is so hectic. It seems like we are always running and never have time to [...]
Being Intentional About How You Communicate With Your Kids and Spouse
Saturday, November 10th, 2007A family with purpose is a family who is intentional about who they are as individuals and as a family. They know who they are, what they stand for, and what they want from life. They have goals and dreams and plans to make them happen. They are families who live their [...]
Are You a Family with Purpose?
Saturday, November 10th, 2007Families of today come in all shapes and sizes. From the traditional (though somewhat rare) Leave it to Beaver family to the chronically dysfunctional Burnham’s in the 1999 film American Beauty, our neighborhoods, schools, towns, and churches are filled with families of many different sizes, styles, and varying degrees of dysfunction. These are the same [...]
Vacationing with Children
Thursday, June 28th, 2007Traveling with children will be a memorable event – the question is “What kind?” Your chances of a lifetime memory you will cherish increase significantly with some advance communication and preparation.
The book, Love It or Lose It: Living Clutter-Free Forever, outlines a five-step process you can apply to organizing any area of your life – [...]
Conquering Kids’ Clutter
Monday, June 11th, 2007By: Debbie Williams
Spring is almost here, and with it comes the urge to clean, DECLUTTER, and toss out — until the next year, when we start all over again. For some reason in the springtime, I find myself drawn to minimalistic decorating. You know the style: no knick-knacks, a few things hung on the walls, [...]