Category: Family
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Day 3
Today we took a mini road trip. We looked at potential towns for relocation. We like our little rental house. Emphasis on the little. One of our 2021 goals is to create an O’Gara Clan estate. Fingers crossed and prayers said. Hopefully this is our year. Our requirements for a new home are: Enough square…
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Teenagers are Challenging
I’m lucky. My teenagers are good kids. They work hard at school. Mostly respectful. There is the normal teenager I know everything and my parents know nothing attitudes. Even that isn’t too bad. They are intelligent, unique, amazing, individuals who surprise me with how much they love life and the humans they share it with.…
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Health is more than Flesh and Blood.
It’s not only imperative to teach our children healthy lifestyles for the protection of their bodies but also to protect their hearts and preserve their souls. At the core of all we teach our young, love must be the foundation and truth of all lessons.
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Protect What You love
If you value something you keep it safe. You know where it is at all times. If you have jewelery you keep it in an actual safe. If you have a dog or a cat you microchip your pet and keep it safe in a fence or home. What I don’t understand is when humans…
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Time Flew
Where does the time go? The world keeps rotating and we keep living. One day we look up and recognize nothing. Yet, we were here when it all happened. Change happens most often in small starts and stops. Don’t blink.
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Give Thanks
Give thanks for all you have good in your life. Give thanks for the problems because without the problems you won’t learn and improve.
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Traditionally I’m Over It
I want to skip the holiday this week. That would be selfish. Americans love their USA holidays. It’s so much stress and does not fit into my focused simple life plan. My children don’t like traditional Thanksgiving food. Often we serve alternative meals. This year we are, for the first time, going to a restaurant…
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Mini Road-trips
Want to get your family away from screens? Put everyone on the car, go an hour or two from home and pretend your from out of state. My husband sat in the back seat with the kids and I drove. We played music and sang with the radio. Spent he day pretending to be tourists.…
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Home
What does home mean to you? Home is where you are most comfortable. Home is where you keep your stuff. Home is where you grew up. Home is where you live. Home is where your love lives. Home is not just a place but a feeling.
Brendan & Lori O'Gara 