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Dumb things we say to kids
Oct 30, 2024 • Tresta Payne
Making plans, praying prayers, and throwing your life up in the air
Mar 14 • Tresta Payne
A quiet and simple life must also have some challenges
Dec 22, 2024 • Tresta Payne
You don't have to homeschool, but you can if you want.
Jan 14, 2024 • Tresta Payne
What I'm reading
And how
Nov 1 • 
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People like nothing more than to make their own decisions
Short leashes, parenting tips and tricks, and tethering myself
Oct 25 • 
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You don't plan to live a boring life
I tried using index cards to make my lists and carry a daily schedule with me, and that lasted about a week.
Oct 18 • 
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Change, proper child spacing, and gray beards
A Five Things essay
Oct 10 • 
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What "Much Ado" teaches us about the benefit of the doubt
Be wary of living by your misinterpretations
Oct 3 • 
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The way out is not the same as the way in
Some thoughts on escaping the drain, and some links for your thinks
Sep 27 • 
Tresta Payne
You keep using that word.
It's just me—using extraneous words to define things.
Sep 21 • 
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Life has never been normal
Gird up your loins and get serious
Sep 13 • 
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Grape Cough Syrup and other things that don't fix the problem
Does everything have to be a lesson?
Sep 7 • 
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