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    We Need to be in Nature…

    This Summer, can I challenge you to turn off the screens and spend as much time as possible outside?  Go TV or computer-free for a week or two. Plan trips to local lakes, rivers, waterfalls, and farms.  Turn off the cell phone and just be outdoors with your children. Bend low and smell a flower, dip your toes in rushing waters.  Search for frogs and insects.  Lay back on the grass and let the blades tickle your neck.  Invite your children into a deeper relationship with God – through His creation. Join me today at The Better Mom for more about why ne NEED nature…

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    Staying Small and Finding Wonder

    Every Spring, some time around mid-June, we wait for them. Week after week we march over the bridge and through the woods.  We gaze at the bogs and slowly moving river and hope for their return. Then, one day, the awe and wonder falls all around us as we stare at the ground and those tiny hopping miracles.       Toads. No bigger than your pinky fingernail. Everywhere. And I mean, EVERYWHERE.   Today, I watch from a distance and wait for the high-pitched 6-year-old scream. “MAMA!!! THEY’RE HERE! THEY’RE HERE!” Yes, they’re here. I smile wide, almost tearing up as the boys chase after her at top speed to…

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Hey, I'm Cassandra... wife to Wes and homeschool Mama to five awesome kiddos. I'm so glad you're here. This is my humble place to share about family, faith, homeschooling, unplugging, and this crazy journey called life...

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