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November 2, 2013

A Reminder of What It’s All About

by John Salmon
I often have to remind myself about the priorities in my life, the goals I want to accomplish, and the reasons I do what I do. A “time of reminding” has come for me at Honor Grace Celebrate. One of the best ways for me to recall my goals and direction is through writing. So,...
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Celebration    Grace    Honor
                                
October 29, 2013

RSVP for Intimacy in Your Family

by John Salmon
According to John Gottman’s research, happily married couples make about 100 invitations (he calls them bids) to connect with one another in a 10 minutes time span. If couples make this many invitations to connect, imagine how many invitations your toddler or preschooler is offering up! That is a huge number of invitations…a lot of...
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Celebration    Honor
           
October 19, 2013

The Special Ingredient of Intimate Families

by John Salmon
I was talking with a young man (middle school age) about what he liked and didn’t like about his family. Interestingly, he liked the family dinners they used to have and he disliked that they no longer had those family dinners. Even as a middle school boy, he missed family dinners. Family dinners provided him...
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Celebration    Family Shepherds    Honor
                                
September 28, 2013

12 More National Holidays to Celebrate Family

by John Salmon
I thought I might share a few more “National Holidays” your family might enjoy celebrating (click here and here for some other holidays to celebrate). This time I did not include any food holidays, although food compliments any celebration in my mind. These holidays are all relational and fun holidays. A couple of them even...
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Celebration
                             
September 16, 2013

6 Tips to Fertilize Your Marital Lawn

by John Salmon
My friend says the “grass is always greener on the other side.” I don’t know. I’ve found that the grass is always greener when I fertilize. My grass stays green through the summer and fall when I take care of the lawn. Trouble is…some summers (like this summer) I get too busy to take care...
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Celebration    Grace    Honor
                                
September 2, 2013

3 Blessings From Family Camp-2013

by John Salmon
This weekend we attended Family Camp at Camp Christian (click here for info on Camp Christian). Jim and Terri Jones (camp deans) organized another wonderful weekend of family time and learning. The speaker this year was Rob Grandi (for more about Rob, click here). He spoke to us about giving a blessing to our families...
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Celebration    Grace    Honor
           
August 17, 2013

Celebrate Your Family With Pie For A Year

by John Salmon
I recently came across a website that listed various “food holidays” celebrated throughout the United States. I love to celebrate…and I love to eat. So, I decided to combine food, family, and holiday celebration for a year of family celebration. However, there were so many holidays (if you think I’m making this up, visit American...
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Celebration
                    
August 10, 2013

6 Simple Ways to Build Happy Families

by John Salmon
My oldest daughter is leaving for college this month. As she prepares to leave, I have thought about how I want her to remember her time growing up with us. (Yes I know, I should have thought about that 18 years ago; and, I did begin thinking about it then. I guess the woman who...
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Celebration
                       
July 27, 2013

3 Tips to Nurture an Amazing Family Panacea

by John Salmon
After years in the family lab (aka—my home and family) and conducting research (my kids say I “experiment” with them, but I really don’t “experiment”…I just try different things) on the many factors involved in family happiness (learning from my multiple mistakes), I have finally discovered a miracle cure for many family ails. That’s right,...
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