connected to your community

Five ways to get more connected to your community

Community matters. Whether you live in a city, in a town with a population of a few thousand or a few hundred thousand; community matters. We’re supposed to be more connected than ever with cell phones, apps and rapidly evolving technology; but we’re not. We’re more disconnected than ever. You want to feel less isolated?…

The importance of family history to ourselves and our kids

Let’s face it — life can be crazy. Whether you’re single or married, with a big family or a small family, life can sometimes be busy. In those busy times, it’s easy for a person to not think much about family, living it up, and having connections to those around you. Work and responsibility can come…

How to encourage our kids to speak up

How to encourage our kids to speak up when they see something wrong going on

Our kids will see wrongs going on in ways that can be hard for a generation not raised on cell phones to understand.From this generation of pre-teens on, our children will have no knowledge of any other form of communication other than cell phones. Pay phones and even home phones are things of the past.…