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November 2022—Enjoy your traditions! Would you like a piece of pie?

I love our family tradition of baking pies for Thanksgiving. I took this picture of my husband David with our grandson and granddaughter (twins) proudly showing off the pumpkin pie they baked together here at our ranch this year! Traditions are what pulls at our heart strings and bonds us as one, kind of like being stuck together with “Crazy Glue,” with our family and friends. Yes, some of our traditions are kind of crazy! Some make us smile, some make us laugh, some make us a little teary-eyed.

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Living Life: Helping with a Newborn Infant

I have a friend who was planning to be with her daughter when she had her first baby, so she asked me if I had any suggestions for her—since she knew I had done it so many times myself! (In 2021, we are now up to twenty-nine grandchildren with a new granddaughter born on January 14th and a new grandson born on March 16th!) I typed up my suggestions for her, which I am now passing on to others as well. Whether you are a mother, mother-in-law, sister, aunt, cousin, or special friend, there is something you can do to help make life a little easier for a mother with her new baby!

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