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  • Darcy Kimmel
  • December 1, 2009
  • 350
HomeWords – Winter 2009

It was to be a Christmas season of firsts and lasts. This would be the first year that not all of our children would be home for the holidays. Cody […]

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  • Darcy Kimmel
  • October 26, 2009
  • 350
Sibling Rivalry: Part Seven

It is time to tie a bow around this series on Keeping Sibling Rivalry to a Minimum. I hope in the process of following this blog series, your home has […]

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  • Darcy Kimmel
  • October 19, 2009
  • 350
Sibling Rivalry: Part Six

Fevers are a good illustration of sibling rivalry at times. When the mercury goes above 98.6, we generally go looking for a reason for the spike in temperature. Yes, we […]

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  • Darcy Kimmel
  • October 8, 2009
  • 350
Sibling Rivalry – Part Five

Have you ever gone in to break up a fight with your kids and ended up donning the gloves and getting in the ring yourself? That is the sneaky thing […]

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  • Darcy Kimmel
  • September 27, 2009
  • 350
Sibling Rivalry: Part Four

Sibling Rivalry is one part of parenting that isn’t mentioned much in that pre-parenting fantasy. It’s for the same reasons that they don’t show a beer belly in the Budweiser […]

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  • Darcy Kimmel
  • September 22, 2009
  • 350
Sibling Rivalry: Part Three

Sibling Rivalry is not new. In fact, when I read I and II Kings in my Bible, I am appalled at how easily one upstart king could wipe out his […]

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  • Darcy Kimmel
  • September 1, 2009
  • 350
HomeWords – Fall 2009

There is just something about the idea of our kids working hard that makes a parent feel good. That was the one thing that made Colt’s decision to stay in […]

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  • Darcy Kimmel
  • June 16, 2009
  • 350
“Mom – I’ve had an accident.”

It’s a phone call that strikes terror into the heart of every parent. “Mom, I’ve had an accident.” Fortunately in the same breath, Karis answered my urgent, unspoken question. “Everyone’s […]

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  • Darcy Kimmel
  • June 8, 2009
  • 350
There’s No Place Like Home

Overgrown grass, an under-stocked refrigerator, stacks of mail and endless phone messages awaited us as we returned home form a month of travels this summer. Between the six of us, […]

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