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Why Bother With Christmas Traditions?
By Terese Luikens | | Family
Why Bother With Christmas Traditions? With seven kids, nothing in life would have been easy for my parents, let alone, celebrating Christmas much the same way every year. We’d hang our handmade stockings on the backside of our piano. And though we lacked a fireplace and chimney, my parents assured us that Santa could walk…
Read More Why Bother With A Classroom Christmas Party?
By Terese Luikens | | Relationships
Why Bother With A Classroom Christmas Party? Every elementary public school teacher I know feels the same way as I do. Our time with our students, one hundred thirty-three days, is short, but our task is great; to bring all of them up to grade level in reading, writing, and arithmetic. When a new…
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Why Bother Sharing or Not?
By Terese Luikens | | Family
Why Bother Sharing or Not? Growing up with three brothers and three sisters I was forced into sharing. It was an unspoken rule that everyone in our family understood and lived by. No one had their own bedroom. The girls had one bedroom shared among them and so did the boys. My clothes were never…
Read More Why Bother To Acclimate To Your Community?
By Terese Luikens | | Relationships
Why Bother to Acclimate to Your Community? There was a time when my husband and I lived off the grid. We built our house on five wooded acres and from any point on our property, we saw nothing but trees. We hauled our water in five gallon containers, filling them at our friends’ house, lit…
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