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How To Stay Connected With Your Kids When They Don’t Live at Home

How To Stay Connected With Your Kids When They Don’t Live at Home

By Lisa Qualls

  Are you looking for great ways to say connected with your kids who aren’t living at home? Some of our kids leave our homes for happy reasons – they’re growing up and going to college or starting a job. Other times their departure is due to hard reasons, like residential treatment. Melissa and I share […]

December 14, 2018 Leave a Comment

How to Find Hope this Christmas Season

How to Find Hope this Christmas Season

By Lisa Qualls

It’s nearly December and Advent begins this Sunday. Many of us come to this season feeling hopeless. Maybe you’re struggling with your children. You may feel you’re living a life you didn’t sign up for and you’re grieving the life you imagined you’d have. Marriages struggle. Sickness presses us down. Sometimes darkness closes in. In […]

November 28, 2018 6 Comments

Circle for $49.99! Keep Your Family Safe Online

Circle for $49.99! Keep Your Family Safe Online

By Lisa Qualls

Happy Thanksgiving, friends! I’m up early ready to get my turkey cooking, but need to share a quick deal. Circle is having it’s biggest sale ever – $49.99 ($50 off)! We bought Circle when it launched in 2015 for $99 and we continue to be so happy with it. Circle filters the internet as it […]

November 22, 2018 Leave a Comment

Favorite Games for Everyone

Favorite Games for Everyone

By Lisa Qualls

Games are a great way to gather with family and friends. I prefer fast-paced and word-oriented games. Russ likes board games involving strategy. Our kids like all kinds of games. With so much variety in our preferences, this post has games for everyone. Current Favorites Our new favorite is Suspend. We played it a ton last […]

November 15, 2018 4 Comments

Top 10 Gifts for Kids That Aren’t Toys

Top 10 Gifts for Kids That Aren’t Toys

By Lisa Qualls

Do your kids have too many toys? Does the idea of more “stuff” stress you? Consider some of these suggestions for great gifts that aren’t toys. We love giving our kids gifts like these! Click on the pictures below (Amazon affiliate links) for more information on each item; if you can’t see the images, your ad blocker […]

November 12, 2018 6 Comments

One is Silver and the Other Gold

One is Silver and the Other Gold

By Lisa Qualls

Make new friends, but keep the old. One is silver, the other is gold. Our daughters have been friends for 13 years, since they were 7 years old, which means we’ve been friends just as long. They’ve grown up, chosen different colleges, and have many other friends, but these two share a special history. Last weekend […]

November 5, 2018 Leave a Comment

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Mentoring adoptive and foster moms with                   practical help and hope.I serve families by providing practical tools and hope through my private membership group, The Hope Circle, as well as parent coaching, marriage mentoring, speaking, and writing. As a mom of 12 by birth and adoption (and more through foster care), wife of 35 years, and a Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI®) Practitioner, I’m honored to walk alongside you as you navigate your family’s unique journey.

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