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Book BlitzI have a pretty hard-bound notebook I purchased at Barnes and Noble that is my “book” notebook.  In this notebook I keep track of what I’ve read and what I want to read.  I have pages with book wish lists for me, for my husband, and for my kids.

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Women of Inspiration
Written by Shiloah Baker   

Paula Radcliffe, motherPaula Radcliffe’s father was an amateur marathon runner.  Because of her father’s example, she took up running at the age of 7. She continued even though she suffered from bouts of asthma and anemia.  Paula Radcliffe holds numerous world records...

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Reaching Out
(2 votes, average 5.00 out of 5)
Written by Janice Hayes   

 

Serving OthersI love a good story and my favorites are those which offer adventure, wisdom and strong heroes doing courageous things.  When these stories are true and told to me by real people, I feel I learn something which helps me become a better person. Such stories are one of the reasons I work as a hospice volunteer.

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Have Confidence in Your Home and Allow Life Art to Shine Through
(5 votes, average 4.00 out of 5)
Written by Shiloah Baker   

Have Confidence in Your Home and Allow Life Art to Shine Through“Please excuse the mess” is usually the first sentence out of many a woman’s mouth when inviting guests in her home.  What she forgets is that the guests are there to visit with her not to view a museum.

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A Mother Mentor
Written by Kristy Powers   
A Mother MentorMy aunt Leslie has always been a role model to me. I admired her from the time I was a little girl. Many of her homemaking skills, traditions, and values came from my grandmother, who is also one of the biggest inspirations in my life.
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My Hands Were Busy
(1 vote, average 5.00 out of 5)
Written by Unknown   

My Hands Were BusyMy hands were busy throughout the day

I didn't have much time to play

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A Woman's Hands
Written by Valerie in Utah   

A Woman's HandsA woman has such special hands,

so many things they do.

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A Working Mom
(2 votes, average 5.00 out of 5)
Written by Kristy D. Lochabay   

A Working MomDo I work? I do indeed

For the children that I breed.

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A Mother's Poem
Written by Unknown   

A Mother's PoemToday I lift some dishes dirty,

The bed got made around two-thirty;

The diapers soaked a little longer,

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A Home and What It Means to You
Written by Tiana Gray   

A Home and What It Means to YouI think one thing that makes a house a home are the memories that are shared there. I remember about two years ago when my husband and I shared a very small apartment in what turned...

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Spiritual Homemaker
(2 votes, average 5.00 out of 5)
Written by Shiloah Baker   

Spiritual HomemakerThe spiritual homemaker takes the mundane and common things she does each day and applies them to gospel principles or spiritual things. She tries to turn an attitude of indifference...

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Creativity: How to Just do it
Written by Claire Bush   

Creativity: How to Just do itOften creativity seems like a mysterious process or something that “happens” to people, outside of themselves. In reality, it couldn’t be simpler. Creativity may be born through an idea but it grows through use, and...

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Dinner's Ready and the Table's Set!!
Written by Glenys Hicks   
Dinner's Ready and the Table's Set!!

I have recently been convicted of not setting the table for dinner, but just serving the meal in a haphazard sort of way. So, I have started setting the table properly just as I used to do when we had children still at home.

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This Woman's (Favorite) Place
Written by Charlotte Spears   

This Woman's (Favorite) PlaceMother's Day is a chance to celebrate our moms, but mom is such a special person that we should really need no out-of-the-ordinary occasion to stop and think about her contribution to our life.

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A Mother's Wage
Written by Natalee Nielsen Fehr   

A Mother's WageDeep blue pools of trust gazing up at me,

a sacred moment, sealed in time, for all eternity.

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Take Homemaking to An Enlightened Level
Written by Natalie J. Hale   

Enlightened  HomemakerThere is a recurring theme that has affected homemakers throughout the ages. This theme is still here today, and where in generations past it didn't need to be addressed so often because society at large didn't look down on the role of homemakers...

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The Stranger (TV)
(3 votes, average 4.67 out of 5)
Written by Unknown   

A few months before I was born, my dad met a stranger who 

 

was new to our small Tennessee town. From the beginning, 

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Living in Monotony?
Written by Shiloah Baker   

Living in Monotony?Do you feel that you are caught in a rut?  Sometimes we housewives feel like everyday is the same.  You spend so much energy doing everyday duties that pile up and need to be done the next day and the next. 

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Quotes to Uplift the Homemaker
Written by Compilation of articles   

Quotes to uplift the homemakerFrom my experience, it would seem that faithful mothers have a special gift that we often refer to as mother's intuition. Perhaps with the great blessing of motherhood...

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What Do Homemakers Really Do?
(1 vote, average 5.00 out of 5)
Written by Unknown   

What Do Homemakers Really Do?One afternoon a man came home from work to find total mayhem in his house. His three children were outside, still in their pajamas, playing in the mud with...

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My House
Written by Vest Ball Ward   

My houseI love my house

And the work it gives to me,

The dear tasks of bringing

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What Can I Give You?
Written by Christie Lund Coles   

What can I give you?What can I give you, Child, Against the intruding years?

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