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Valerie Bryant
Aug 15, 20225 min read
Mama – Are You Praying with your Eyes Open?
Do either of these prayers sound familiar? “Now I lay me down to sleep. I pray the Lord my soul to keep . . . Amen!” “God is great. ...
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Valerie Bryant
Jul 10, 20194 min read
A New GPS that Gets Parents Past the Negatives
I wish I could tell you how often I have celebrated both pregnancy and birth announcements with couples. As a childbirth instructor, I ...
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Valerie Bryant
Apr 22, 20192 min read
5 Bad Parenting Knots to Avoid at All Costs
Most parents want to avoid promoting negative attitudes and outcomes within their homes. Having so many children under my roof has given...
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Valerie Bryant
Jun 22, 20184 min read
2 Basics to “Save Face” When You “Lose Self” in Front of Your Child
Being a childbirth educator grants me the joy of seeing a couple welcome and embrace their new baby while it is yet in utero. Watching...
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Valerie Bryant
Mar 11, 20183 min read
Use this One Easy Basketball Concept & Build a Winning Family Team
As a mom, I find myself regularly searching for new and credible ways to instill winning family concepts in my children. If your...
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Valerie Bryant
Feb 16, 20185 min read
The ABC-123 of Being a Great Mom
When much material is written on how to care for a newborn, even more needs to be written on how to be an effective and wise mother. ...
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Valerie Bryant
Feb 3, 20184 min read
6 Ways to Tighten the Grandparent Bond
Take a moment to imagine how interesting it would have been to live during the time prior to Noah’s flood. This was a period when people...
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Valerie Bryant
Jan 17, 20183 min read
6 Tips to Warm Up Your Place Called "Home"
In The Wiz (a 1978 remake of The Wizard of Oz), lead character Dorothy (Diana Ross) sings these end tune words, expressing her longing to...
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Valerie Bryant
Jan 11, 20187 min read
7 Special Gifts a Father Should BE for His Children - a Tribute to My Dad
A latchkey kid in a Chicago ghetto, I would have known no better life had it not been for my incredible parents. Together, they combined...
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Valerie Bryant
Jan 1, 20183 min read
3 Tips for Moms to Enjoy Healthy Mother-Daughter Bonds
Life has a funny way of being complex. As a mom, it seems like everything is about always needing to figure something out. Issues ranging...
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Valerie Bryant
Dec 28, 20174 min read
How to Bring Honor to Annoying Differences in Your Children (Part 3 of 3)
Parenting is tough as we daily wade through waters to magnify the good and extinguish the unsavory matters concerning our children. It...
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Valerie Bryant
Dec 22, 20173 min read
How to Bring Honor to Annoying Differences in Your Children (Part 2 of 3)
Recall from the previous post that we, as parents, must be careful not to negate the good and tolerate the damage that even we can bring...
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Valerie Bryant
Dec 17, 20175 min read
Lessons Parents Deliver when Facing a "Why Me?" Situation
If you're wondering why I've so much empty space on my blog - especially when only 2 weeks before there were many more - please read on....
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