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The Power of Immunity
Because my children have weak immune systems, I decided I needed to find out more about the essential oil Immupower, hoping it could help our immune systems get a little stronger and more able to heal. My youngest has been plagued with every sickness that has come through! I found out it contains 9 oils:Hyssop-…
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A Revolutionary October
Oct 2, 1775 In 1775, Deborah Champion was the 22 year old daughter of Henry Champion, the Commisary General of the Continental Army. A horsemen entered the family yard in New London with great distress and Deborah was sent to the store so she wouldn’t hear what he had to say. When she returned, the…
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Betrayed by our Bodies
In a few months my grandmother will turn 98. She has just recently learned the age old lesson that all humans face at one point or another: our body’s betrayal. She has lived an extremely healthy life, only entering the hospital to have her four children. Wearing glasses has been her worst complaint until a…
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Learning History: A Revolutionary September
1 – The Currency Act (1764) 5 – 1st Continental Congress met in Carpenters’ Hall in Philadelphia. Meeting continued until October 26th (1774) 8 – Battle of Eutaw Springs (1781) 11 – Battle of Brandywine (1777) 15 – British occupy NYC (1776) 19 – Battle of Saratoga at Freeman’s Farm (1777) General Horatio Gates, pompous…
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Left Handers Day; and other traits we pass on to our children
August 13th is Left-Handers Day. Not a huge holiday, I know, but certainly a celebration for those of us lefties who made it through school without being traumatized by the overwhelming amount of right-handed bias. Lefties unite! Though it was a small thought, each time my children began using a fork and then a pencil,…
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Hope Floats: Looking Forward Brings Joy
Everybody needs something to look forward to. Whether going out to lunch with a girlfriend or planning a trip with your spouse, looking ahead to something enjoyable is the quintessential idea that hope floats. And it does. It floats us through the mundane of everyday life. It floats us over the rough days and helps…
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180 Days of Sunshine
Did you know it takes 180 days of sun to ripen a watermelon? No wonder some are so much sweeter than others. They look completely the same on the outside, and yet on the inside, the sun makes all the difference. We get so impatient in this world to be finished with things; to be…
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Learning History: A Revolutionary August
AUGUST CALENDAR of REVOLUTIONARY DAYS 1 – Patriots ambushed by Cherokee & saved by mounted charge at Seneca, SC (1776) 2 – Delegates begin to sign the Declaration of Independence (1776) After the delegates of the Continental Congress approved the Declaration of Independence, there was a silence throughout the room. Some wept and others bowed…
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Revolutionary Library: Book Ideas for Learning History
Whatever your passion, involve your children. Invite them into new worlds with books on every subject. George R R Martin said, “A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies.” Books can bring a whole new dimension to a child’s perspective and knowledge. Since my passion is history, and more specifically the founding of our…
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History Taught at the Table
Recent research concludes that eating one meal as a family everyday can increase a child’s ability to stand up for what they believe. It also is a fabulous place to talk to your kids about your moral views, and discuss each others passions. One of my passions is American history. I got it from my…