208 \\ When Was the Last Time You Called Your Child Helpful, Sweet, Thoughtful? Could They Just Need These 3 Things?

209 \\ Togather Armor: Why Your Persistent Words Matter Even When You Think They Are Small: Your words matter. In the small moments, what you speak and take time to make meaningful makes a difference. Plant the seeds today so you can watch the fruits grow in your children and family later. These simple moments change the world. Let's grow, ... by FAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions

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$209 \\ Togather Armor: Why Your Persistent Words Matter Even When You Think They Are Small: Your words matter. In the small moments, what you speak and take time to make meaningful makes a difference. Plant the seeds today so you can watch the fruits grow in your children and family later. These simple moments change the world. Let's grow, ...$

207 \\ Togather Armor: Do You Listen to UNDERSTAND Or Listen to REPLY?: We live in a world where we are CONSTANTLY distracted. We have hundreds of choices everyday as to where we place our attention and many times FACE-TO-FACE communication takes the back seat. Do you listen to UNDERSTAND or listen to REPLY? If we are no... by FAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions

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$207 \\ Togather Armor: Do You Listen to UNDERSTAND Or Listen to REPLY?: We live in a world where we are CONSTANTLY distracted. We have hundreds of choices everyday as to where we place our attention and many times FACE-TO-FACE communication takes the back seat. Do you listen to UNDERSTAND or listen to REPLY? If we are no...$

206 \\ Guarding the Hearts, Minds, & Innocence of Our Children Against Technology. Consistency and Persistence. With CHRIS McKENNA, Protect Young Eyes Founder: "I believe in the sanctity of childhood." That's something that Chris says in today's episode and I know each of us can stand behind that. Parenting in the Digital Age may be one of the hardest tasks we are up against with raising our children. "We h... by FAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions

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$206 \\ Guarding the Hearts, Minds, & Innocence of Our Children Against Technology. Consistency and Persistence. With CHRIS McKENNA, Protect Young Eyes Founder: "I believe in the sanctity of childhood." That's something that Chris says in today's episode and I know each of us can stand behind that. Parenting in the Digital Age may be one of the hardest tasks we are up against with raising our children. "We h...$

205 \\ Togather Armor: Would You Do This With Screens This Summer To Give Your Child More CHILDHOOD?: This one is worth it. Let's do this as a family with screens this week. Let's set these boundaries, let's commit, let's give our children more childhood this Summer. Let's grow, Jennifer Today's Togather™ Sticker is from Placemats Togather™ Togeth... by FAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions

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$205 \\ Togather Armor: Would You Do This With Screens This Summer To Give Your Child More CHILDHOOD?: This one is worth it. Let's do this as a family with screens this week. Let's set these boundaries, let's commit, let's give our children more childhood this Summer. Let's grow, Jennifer Today's Togather™ Sticker is from Placemats Togather™ Togeth...$

204 \\ Sick of the Worldly Values You Hear So Loudly? 3 Ways to Fight For Your Family Values At Home: I'm sure we're both sick of the values we see out there that feel like they're being shoved into our homes and used as propaganda to minimize traditional family values. Well, the truth is, they're sticking around. And if we know that then we need a p... by FAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions

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$204 \\ Sick of the Worldly Values You Hear So Loudly? 3 Ways to Fight For Your Family Values At Home: I'm sure we're both sick of the values we see out there that feel like they're being shoved into our homes and used as propaganda to minimize traditional family values. Well, the truth is, they're sticking around. And if we know that then we need a p...$

203 \\ Togather Armor: Marriage: The ONE Value Our Family Should Fight FOR and Commit TO When The World Says Something Else: The world is telling us to fight for a lot of "values". They want us to bow to them and stand up for the secular views. But if we choose to say "no" then we must be fighting for something else, right? What is that? What would happen if we all fought ... by FAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions

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$203 \\ Togather Armor: Marriage: The ONE Value Our Family Should Fight FOR and Commit TO When The World Says Something Else: The world is telling us to fight for a lot of "values". They want us to bow to them and stand up for the secular views. But if we choose to say "no" then we must be fighting for something else, right? What is that? What would happen if we all fought ...$

202 \\ What’s Your Family Plan To Take it All In WITHOUT Feeling Crazy? 4 Things to Slow Down and Focus on What Matters Without the Pressure: Here comes Summer Break and the temptation to have a bucket list and all the camps and all the activities and trying to make it all happen alongside the moments and the childhood memories. Phew! What is the answer to taking it all in without running ... by FAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions

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$202 \\ What’s Your Family Plan To Take it All In WITHOUT Feeling Crazy? 4 Things to Slow Down and Focus on What Matters Without the Pressure: Here comes Summer Break and the temptation to have a bucket list and all the camps and all the activities and trying to make it all happen alongside the moments and the childhood memories. Phew! What is the answer to taking it all in without running ...$

201 \\ Who or What Will Build Your Child’s Foundation? How To Give YOUR Child Worth, Confidence, & Purpose. With NELLIE HARDEN, Author: Every child will leave childhood with some kind of foundation. What will your child leave with? We have the incredible opportunity to be the architect of the beginning of their life. As today's guest, Nellie Harden, says: "This life foundation is not... by FAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions

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$201 \\ Who or What Will Build Your Child’s Foundation? How To Give YOUR Child Worth, Confidence, & Purpose. With NELLIE HARDEN, Author: Every child will leave childhood with some kind of foundation. What will your child leave with? We have the incredible opportunity to be the architect of the beginning of their life. As today's guest, Nellie Harden, says: "This life foundation is not...$

200 // 200th FUN Episode with My Husband Matt and A Bunch of Togather Sticker Questions: Come sit with us and enjoy a glimpse into our marriage of almost 2 decades as we talk strengths and weaknesses in marriage, smells that make us think of childhood, blooper moments from past jobs, and a TON of laughter -which has been the main ingredi... by FAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions

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199 // Want to Help Your Child Pursue and Strengthen the Positive Values You Already See in Them? Try These 6 Conversation Hacks: How far can a compliment go to build someone up and give them confidence? We know the answer is very far when spoken the right way. Try it with your child this week with these 6 steps to speak the right words to our children to encourage them and pra... by FAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions

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198 \\ The Exact Thing Your Day Needs To Not Feel Slave to Your Schedule and Free Up Time For Quality Time: Today's Togather™ Sticker is from Togather™ for Date Night: Order from all Togather™ products and always have a plan for connection even on your busiest days. ................................... Can't add another CHALLENGE to your day, BUT you still... by FAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions

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$198 \\ The Exact Thing Your Day Needs To Not Feel Slave to Your Schedule and Free Up Time For Quality Time: Today's Togather™ Sticker is from Togather™ for Date Night: Order from all Togather™ products and always have a plan for connection even on your busiest days. ................................... Can't add another CHALLENGE to your day, BUT you still...$

197 \\ Building Strong and Positive Sibling Relationships in our Children. 4 Steps to Strengthen This Family Value: I recently sent a survey to our Togather Family asking what were some things getting in the way of our families having time for connection and communication. Among all the distractions of too many activities and overwhelming chores and work life bala... by FAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions

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$197 \\ Building Strong and Positive Sibling Relationships in our Children. 4 Steps to Strengthen This Family Value: I recently sent a survey to our Togather Family asking what were some things getting in the way of our families having time for connection and communication. Among all the distractions of too many activities and overwhelming chores and work life bala...$

196 \\ Togather Armor: Quick Teachable Moments for Our Children to Speak Words That Matter and Create Positive Thoughts: Our words matter. They matter when they are spoken and they matter when we think them. How could we change our children's daily actions and influences simply by changing the way they speak their words? We can change our family's communication as well... by FAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions

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$196 \\ Togather Armor: Quick Teachable Moments for Our Children to Speak Words That Matter and Create Positive Thoughts: Our words matter. They matter when they are spoken and they matter when we think them. How could we change our children's daily actions and influences simply by changing the way they speak their words? We can change our family's communication as well...$

195 \\ Ever Mess Up As a Parent? Permission to Start Over Guilt Free With These 4 EASY Steps So You Can REAP the Family Harvest You Want: I was with my dearest friends this morning and our chat inspired this episode. We lean on each other for everything and one topic that came up was how we get off track with what we KNOW we should be doing for our family. I’m talking about rules we kn... by FAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions

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$195 \\ Ever Mess Up As a Parent? Permission to Start Over Guilt Free With These 4 EASY Steps So You Can REAP the Family Harvest You Want: I was with my dearest friends this morning and our chat inspired this episode. We lean on each other for everything and one topic that came up was how we get off track with what we KNOW we should be doing for our family. I’m talking about rules we kn...$

194 \\ Togather Armor: Do This to Easily Help Your Child Understand Vice or Virtue Grows From Decisions and Their Consequences: If we take time to assess what influences are coming into our daily activities, we are nurturing the value of self control, self discipline, learning how to avoid temptation, and taking ourselves out of environments that breed negativity. This will n... by FAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions

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$194 \\ Togather Armor: Do This to Easily Help Your Child Understand Vice or Virtue Grows From Decisions and Their Consequences: If we take time to assess what influences are coming into our daily activities, we are nurturing the value of self control, self discipline, learning how to avoid temptation, and taking ourselves out of environments that breed negativity. This will n...$

193 \\ Don’t Panic About Summer! Tips to Feel Ready for the Shift in Organization, Routines, Laundry, & More WITH LAUREN WHITE, Intentional Edit Podcast Host: Lauren White, Intentional Edit Podcast, is back to share her expertise in decluttering, organization, and routines and systems, but in a way that works easily into our summer transition. The kids will be home for break which means lots of fun, but al... by FAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions

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$193 \\ Don’t Panic About Summer! Tips to Feel Ready for the Shift in Organization, Routines, Laundry, & More WITH LAUREN WHITE, Intentional Edit Podcast Host: Lauren White, Intentional Edit Podcast, is back to share her expertise in decluttering, organization, and routines and systems, but in a way that works easily into our summer transition. The kids will be home for break which means lots of fun, but al...$

192 \\ Tired of One Word Answers? 4 Questions to Get Your Child to Open Up Without Ever Asking a Question: It can feel much easier to just start a prompt to our children with the words "how was...." and fill in the blank. How was your day, practice, time with your friends, the test, and so on. Inevitably we end up with a one word answer and the stale conv... by FAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions

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$192 \\ Tired of One Word Answers? 4 Questions to Get Your Child to Open Up Without Ever Asking a Question: It can feel much easier to just start a prompt to our children with the words "how was...." and fill in the blank. How was your day, practice, time with your friends, the test, and so on. Inevitably we end up with a one word answer and the stale conv...$

191 // Togather Armor: When Did You Last Check How Your Family Values Are Growing? 3 Steps to Check the Soil: It can be easy to go through the motions day after day, get caught up in the schedule, and forget to really check the conditions of our family. But family values have to be monitored just like anything else we are growing. What ingredients are going ... by FAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions

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190 \\ 3 Distractions In Our Homes That Are Keeping You From Connecting (and It’s Not the Phone Screen): Quick. Name all the distractions that get in your way every day. The ones that keep you from connection, from conversations, from goals, from quality time. Phones and screen time are probably some of the first you think of, but we're not talking abou... by FAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions

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$190 \\ 3 Distractions In Our Homes That Are Keeping You From Connecting (and It’s Not the Phone Screen): Quick. Name all the distractions that get in your way every day. The ones that keep you from connection, from conversations, from goals, from quality time. Phones and screen time are probably some of the first you think of, but we're not talking abou...$

189 \\ Togather Armor: The Power of Family Connection Through Written Words. An Special Way to Leave a Love Note!: Today's Togather™ Sticker is from Togather™ Notecards: Today I thought of you when _______. Bring home all 20 to share with your family HERE! Order from all Togather™ products and always have a plan for connection even on your busiest days. Join our ... by FAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions

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$189 \\ Togather Armor: The Power of Family Connection Through Written Words. An Special Way to Leave a Love Note!: Today's Togather™ Sticker is from Togather™ Notecards: Today I thought of you when _______. Bring home all 20 to share with your family HERE! Order from all Togather™ products and always have a plan for connection even on your busiest days. Join our ...$

188 \\ Boundaries, Purpose, & Contentment in Motherhood and What’s Actually Stopping You From These. With RACHEL NORMAN, Author & Parenting Coach: Tired of playing life whack-a-mole? Rachel Norman wants to hand us our silver bullet to contentment and peace in motherhood and she calls it BOUNDARIES. As a mother of 5 and a Language of Listening™ Parenting Coach, she knows the importance of bounda... by FAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions

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$188 \\ Boundaries, Purpose, & Contentment in Motherhood and What’s Actually Stopping You From These. With RACHEL NORMAN, Author & Parenting Coach: Tired of playing life whack-a-mole? Rachel Norman wants to hand us our silver bullet to contentment and peace in motherhood and she calls it BOUNDARIES. As a mother of 5 and a Language of Listening™ Parenting Coach, she knows the importance of bounda...$

187 \\ Togather Armor: Are We Teaching Our Children Enough About the Virtues of Self Denial and Personal Sacrifice? Make it Easy to Talk About Today With This Question: How would your family be impacted if you gathered more of the armor of practicing self denial? What an incredible gift we give our children when we teach them what self denial means and when we help them see the true fruits that value brings. What if... by FAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions

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$187 \\ Togather Armor: Are We Teaching Our Children Enough About the Virtues of Self Denial and Personal Sacrifice? Make it Easy to Talk About Today With This Question: How would your family be impacted if you gathered more of the armor of practicing self denial? What an incredible gift we give our children when we teach them what self denial means and when we help them see the true fruits that value brings. What if...$

186 \\ 3 Conversations Every Parent Should Have With Your Child Today That Our Parents NEVER Had to Have With Us. (Did you think of #1!): Yep this title may have you feeling old, but really it's just a sign of the times. No doubt things are different from when we were kids. Today we're talking about 3 conversations our parents never had to have with us because they just weren't relevan... by FAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions

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$186 \\ 3 Conversations Every Parent Should Have With Your Child Today That Our Parents NEVER Had to Have With Us. (Did you think of #1!): Yep this title may have you feeling old, but really it's just a sign of the times. No doubt things are different from when we were kids. Today we're talking about 3 conversations our parents never had to have with us because they just weren't relevan...$

185 \\Togather Armor: Try this Easy Daily Gratitude Practice & Point Your Family to Jesus’ Goodness and Who You Want Your Children To Become: All day long our family and children are pointed to something. Some thought, some moral, some way to spend their time. How about a plan that takes control of always pointing ourselves and our family to the God who created us? How would this daily pra... by FAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions

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$185 \\Togather Armor: Try this Easy Daily Gratitude Practice & Point Your Family to Jesus’ Goodness and Who You Want Your Children To Become: All day long our family and children are pointed to something. Some thought, some moral, some way to spend their time. How about a plan that takes control of always pointing ourselves and our family to the God who created us? How would this daily pra...$

184 \\ Mom of 10 Shares Secrets to a Home with Peace, Systems, Chores, and EVEN Self-Care. How it Can Work for You, Too With LAURA HERNANDEZ, Mama Systems: Laura Hernandez, mom of 10, is here today to share her expertise in systems and giving our children independence to help while not forgetting ourselves along the way. Her mission is to help mamas bring peace to their homes and live more intentional l... by FAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions

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$184 \\ Mom of 10 Shares Secrets to a Home with Peace, Systems, Chores, and EVEN Self-Care. How it Can Work for You, Too With LAURA HERNANDEZ, Mama Systems: Laura Hernandez, mom of 10, is here today to share her expertise in systems and giving our children independence to help while not forgetting ourselves along the way. Her mission is to help mamas bring peace to their homes and live more intentional l...$

183 \\ Togather Armor: Let Go and Let God. What If You Surrender One Small Part of the Mom Chaos Today? Encouragement for your Family: Let Go and Let God is a phrase we hear often and maybe question how easy it actually is. We may think: good for someone else, doesn't work for me. But what if it was easier to surrender if we just make a few mindset mindshifts? Sometimes it just take... by FAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions

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$183 \\ Togather Armor: Let Go and Let God. What If You Surrender One Small Part of the Mom Chaos Today? Encouragement for your Family: Let Go and Let God is a phrase we hear often and maybe question how easy it actually is. We may think: good for someone else, doesn't work for me. But what if it was easier to surrender if we just make a few mindset mindshifts? Sometimes it just take...$

182 \\ Our Greatest Mission Field is Our Home. Living in Faith This Lent When the World Says Fear With JESS CAREY, Author Chart A Course: What is your plan for living in Faith when the world wants to tell us to be afraid or to be stressed and have anxiety? Lent begins tomorrow, February 22 Ash Wednesday, and it is a perfect time to revive and renew our faith and really focus on where G... by FAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions

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$182 \\ Our Greatest Mission Field is Our Home. Living in Faith This Lent When the World Says Fear With JESS CAREY, Author Chart A Course: What is your plan for living in Faith when the world wants to tell us to be afraid or to be stressed and have anxiety? Lent begins tomorrow, February 22 Ash Wednesday, and it is a perfect time to revive and renew our faith and really focus on where G...$

181 \\ Togather Armor: One Quote That Will Encourage You Even In Hard Seasons to Stay Committed to Reaching Your Personal & Family Goals: Every time you quit you are losing that stretch. It's a quote I heard from someone that made me really think about the consequence of quitting on my goals. Was I setting goals and giving up on them because it got too hard or maybe I just got too lazy... by FAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions

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$181 \\ Togather Armor: One Quote That Will Encourage You Even In Hard Seasons to Stay Committed to Reaching Your Personal & Family Goals: Every time you quit you are losing that stretch. It's a quote I heard from someone that made me really think about the consequence of quitting on my goals. Was I setting goals and giving up on them because it got too hard or maybe I just got too lazy...$

180 \\ Struggling to Make Family Mealtime Happen? 3 SIMPLE Things That Will Make Your Crew WANT to Come & Sit Together Longer: Some nights (maybe some WEEKS) Family Dinner just isn't happening. We've all been there, we may be there right now. And we all know how important that time together is so when we ARE there, I know we all try really hard to be sure we are making it qu... by FAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions

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$180 \\ Struggling to Make Family Mealtime Happen? 3 SIMPLE Things That Will Make Your Crew WANT to Come & Sit Together Longer: Some nights (maybe some WEEKS) Family Dinner just isn't happening. We've all been there, we may be there right now. And we all know how important that time together is so when we ARE there, I know we all try really hard to be sure we are making it qu...$

179 \\ Togather Armor: A Simple Way to Show Kindness to Our Family When We’re Exhausted and Don’t Have Time: Raise your hand if you ever feel too exhausted to do what you know you SHOULD be doing as the mom of your home. You know, all the things that can seem little or big - from laundry to bedtime stories to playing outside. Put the mom guilt aside, it's n... by FAMILIES THAT STICK TOGATHER™ | Intentional Family Time, Faith-Filled Family, Balance the Busy, Mealtime Questions

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$179 \\ Togather Armor: A Simple Way to Show Kindness to Our Family When We’re Exhausted and Don’t Have Time: Raise your hand if you ever feel too exhausted to do what you know you SHOULD be doing as the mom of your home. You know, all the things that can seem little or big - from laundry to bedtime stories to playing outside. Put the mom guilt aside, it's n...$

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