Love Your Pet? Why Our Connection To Animals Matters

For months one of my sons has been quietly asking for an animal.  He feels so deeply connected to animals that sometimes we have to stop on the bike path just to make sure that the squirrel made it up the tree safely or that the ants got across before a bike squashed them. He…

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For the Love of Nature

Our house is filled with leaves, twigs, rocks, feathers, acorns…if it has to do with nature, it is probably in our house.  One of my sons has even asked to keep a little mouse skull that he found so that he can study it and learn from it!!! As you have probably guessed, my boys…

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How To Get A Balanced Diet for Kids Right in Your Back Yard

Most people will agree that a balanced diet includes more fruit and vegetables.  The question many parents ask is, “How do I get my kids to eat a balanced diet?” The answer is simple.  Go outside to your backyard.  Planting seeds with children teaches them so much about this world and naturally encourages them to…

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How Nature Reduces Stress

The other weekend we were all feeling a bit stir crazy! Our to-do list was huge and our kids were loud.  Not a good combo.  We knew that we had to do something to reduce the stress in our house, but what?

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Yearning to Connect

We all yearn to be connected to who we are at our core.   We all also yearn to be connected at a deeper level to one another.  Somehow instead of embracing this, we sometimes miss seeing the connections and make decisions that lead us farther away from who we truly are at our core.

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Kids Gardening Fun!

Kids love to dig in the dirt!  They love to see new things happening and be a part of it!  What are you planting in your garden this summer? Gardening teaches kids countless lessons.  When gardening, children learn how to care for something and about balance in life.  Too much water can drown a plant…

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Nature, as good as it gets!

  Nature is as good as it gets to nourishing one’s soul.  This morning I just was not in the swing of things.  It was nearly noon and I had not accomplished much other than eating..

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That’s dangerous!

Yesterday as we were walking home from school a youngster energetically bounded up a 5 foot hill on the playground.  The mother shouted, “that’s dangerous!” A hill?  Since when does a hill become dangerous? The next sentence was, “you’ll get your pants dirty.” Yes, I know clothes cost money and stains can be hard to get out…

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