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    Women's Bible studies

    in General Education Discussion Board

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    Crissy,

    Thanks for that website. I miss doing Women' Bible Study with my former neighbors - we did all the Beth Moore studies. There were six of us that came from different times in our lives, different religious backgrounds, different schools with kids, etc. It was so enriching. Since I have moved, I have not found that trust and intimacy with another group of women. My 12 yr old and I have done a study on Dangerous Journey and one on Galatians from her middle school. I am going to look at these to see if they are something she and I could do together, or I would enjoy alone.

     

    Thanks again,

    ReneeR

     

    You are welcome, Renee. I hope you find something that you and your daughter love.

    For WTM Dog Owners....an PSA....

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    HI there,

    {uh, that would be "a" PSA!!!! Typed to quickly!

     

    This is circulating on a few of my dog lists. There are a few new dog owners here, (and soon to be, right Nakia?!) as well as a lot of us old-timers, so with the holidays approaching, I thought this was worth passing along.

     

    If your dog should do the unthinkable and chew up and swallow any part of glass Christmas tree ornaments, one thing that can help protect their stomach and intestines from the worst of the glass damage is to dip a few real cotton balls (not the synthetic kind) in heavy cream and feed them to the dog. The fibers from the cotton will wrap around those shards of glass and help it to pass more safely through the digestive tract. For the Christmases that I've had young puppies around, I've made up a few emergency kits consisting of a ziploc bag with five cotton balls soaked in cream and stashed them in the freezer. They thaw quickly in your hands and are a good safety net to have on hand. Thankfully, I've only had to use them once.

     

    Hopefully no one needs that tip, but it's an easy thing to keep on hand for the holidays.

     

    astrid

     

    Thank you for this. My sister is bringing home a little beagle in the next week or so. I will pass this along (in addition to encouragement to hang only her wood, metal and plastic ornaments this year).

    s/o thread: does your spouse "use their degree?"

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    No. He studied journalism but he is a photographer.

     

    I voted that he needed some kind of degree, but it is only true that he was told to finish college. His line of work doesn't require a degree.

     

    When he was a junior in college he approached the professional sports team that he has now been with for 33 years. He asked them for a job and they told him to come back after he finished school.

    s/o another thread - girlfriends as "family"

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    It might matter more than you think it ever will.

     

    Or it may not matter at all.

    If only I had more photographs of my brother from the final years of his life, I wouldn't care who else might be in the picture.

    Old girlfriends of second cousins? Fine.

    Co-workers of Uncle Henry? Okay.

    Sister's friends from high school? No problem.

    After all, they were each important in this life for one reason or another.

    Of course, they'd all just be background decoration. So long as the one I'm missing IS in the picture, I would cherish it.

    Reading aloud

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    It's HARD!

     

    Some of you who have been here since my boys were younger may remember that I have always disliked reading aloud. My guys never minded that I'd either let them read to themselves or give them an audio book to listen to. At the end of the day we'd all pile onto the big bed and each of us would read our own books. We always read together, but once they were independent readers, I didn't read to them.

     

    I don't know what came over me last night, but when my 12 year old and I chose our next literature selection (Gulliver's Travels) I just opened the cover and started reading to him.

    Every time I glanced up he had an enormous grin on his face.

    I stumbled over some of Swift's invented words and repeatedly apologized. He'd say, "No! You're doing fine! Keep going!"

     

    :blushing:

     

    So. I need to keep going.

    Tell me it gets easier! Or at least tell my why this is so HARD!

    Do I just need more practice?

    I considered pre-reading the chapters we'll cover tonight so I am familiar with them when we sit down together, but I don't have time to regularly read a single book *twice* every week.

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