Family: THINK GREEN

THINK GREEN

Written by Rondi Hillstrom Davis and Janell Sewall Oakes

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THINK GREEN

This month, our theme is Think Green. Spring is just around repparttar 111180 corner. Even though there is still snow on repparttar 111181 ground in many parts of repparttar 111182 country, here in repparttar 111183 South our daffodils have already begun to bloom. You too, can enjoy a little bit of spring indoors. Use your green thumb to try planting some seeds in a terrarium or forcing some bulbs.

Did you know that repparttar 111184 shamrock, or three-leafed clover, is a sacred plant in Ireland because it symbolizes repparttar 111185 rebirth of spring? Check your local nurseries. Many will carry shamrocks on or around St. Patrick’s Day, March 17th.

Speaking of St. Patrick’s Day, children love fables of leprechauns. In Celtic folktales, ornery leprechauns were notorious for repparttar 111186 tricks they used to protect their pots of gold. Here, we’ve included our own concoction, fit for any leprechaun.

Journal your Way to the Altar and Beyond

Written by Nily Glaser

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Congratulations! you are engaged to be married. You are at repparttar 111174 door steps of repparttar 111175 most exciting time in your life. Enjoy it! Chronicle it! Put your journey in a journal! and include your thoughts and feelings. Or better yet, transform your journal into a Wedding Scrap Book.

Create a family legacy to share repparttar 111176 memories of your engagement, wedding and life together with your children and grandchildren.

Keep a diary of actions taken, experiences and feelings as they occur or shortly thereafter. Put your ideas, dreams, goals desires and aspirations on paper. Write about family happening about activities you participated in, about your friends and your loved ones. How you feel and whatever is important to you at that moment, and by all means add pictures.

Keep a little pad and a pen handy in your pocket, purse or bag at all times and write in it. This will assure that what you write is fresh and is not written from memory.

Actually keeping a journal will help you prepare for your wedding and beyond. The action of putting your experiences, thoughts, feelings, ideas, dreams, desires and aspirations on paper will accomplish more than merely a record to look back to and share with repparttar 111177 following generations.

When you make your journal, your "best friend", it will help you reduce repparttar 111178 stress that builds up as you prepare for your wedding. If you continue after your wedding, repparttar 111179 mere act of journaling will reduce stress that comes with married life. Additionally your journal will help you set goals, get organized and focus on repparttar 111180 task at hand.

Your journal is a reflection of you! Make it very personal and very special! choose what you will write in, what you will write with, what pictures you will include and whether you'd like to add some quotes to reflect your personality. Look at as many options as are available to you and select repparttar 111181 ones that are "you". Whether you opt for natural paper books and fancy pens, or prefer to write using your computer you must be comfortable with repparttar 111182 tools you choose. If you opt for repparttar 111183 computer, make sure you are comfortable with repparttar 111184 set up and that you not only back it up, but print repparttar 111185 pages.

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