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As many of us know October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month but you may not be aware that it is also National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Domestic abuse is often one of those things that we keep silent about because of a stigma that goes along with it.
Some just accept it as a normal part of life while others refuse to admit what is happening. It can happen to anyone regardless of race, gender, or social status. It can also happen in a variety of ways that we may not even be aware of.
Here is one story:
There was a young girl who married her high school sweetheart. They were happily married for a while. Then after the second child came along things began to change.
She didn’t know what was going on but somehow she was always made to feel like it was her fault. His words were sharper than any knife and would cut her deeply time and time again. Continue reading “Don’t Keep This Secret!”
I will try to update this list with some fun activities as well. Feel free to click the links to find out more about the origins and meanings behind these special days. I plan to incorporate a few of these into our normal homeschool routine to add a little fun and excitement to our days. We’ll update this page with ideas as we go along. Have fun and maybe make up your own personal family holiday or tradition for the month!
This month is also know as:
The weeks are known as:
(These links will be updated as we get closer to the actual holidays.)
I found this list and more here:
All Saint’s Day (1st)
Dios Los Muertos (1st and 2nd)
All Soul’s Day (2nd)
Deviled Egg Day (2nd)
Book Lovers Day – first Saturday of the month
Sandwich Day (3rd)
King Tut Day (4th) and National Candy Day
U.S. General Election Day – first Tuesday of the month after first Monday of month
USMC Day (10th)
Veteran’s Day (11th)
Chicken Soup for the Soul Day (12th)
National Indian Pudding Day (13th)
Sadie Hawkins Day (13th)
Young Readers Day second Tuesday of month
World Diabetes Day (14th)
America Recycles Day (15th)
Great American Smokeout – third Thursday in November
Have a Party With Your Bear Day (16th)
Homemade Bread Day (17th)
National Adoption Day – Saturday before Thanksgiving
Universal Children’s Day (20th)
Thanksgiving – fourth Thursday.
Black Friday – Friday after Thanksgiving.
National Parfait Day (25th)
French Toast Day (28th)
Square Dance Day (29th)
Also be sure to check out my Homeschool: August board on Pinterest for more ideas and activities!
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First I want to say that I’m not a psychiatrist and the only psychology background I have was a class I took in college many years ago.
Second I can only tell you what my experience has been and offer a few helpful tips that have allowed me to get through some difficult times.
Maybe you’ve experienced some traumatic event, illness, death or some other loss, or maybe it’s just a burnout from stress. Whatever the reason your body will do what it needs to do to protect you and sometimes we find ourselves in survival mode.
I’m not talking about your plane crashing in a remote jungle… even though sometimes that might seem like a better place to be… I’m talking about the struggle to get through your day to day activities.
Most of us can handle a certain amount of grief and stress but there comes a time when a switch flips and your brain says enough. That’s when we go into survival mode. If we aren’t careful it could send us into a deep depression.
Some of us are pretty good at hiding the fact that we are falling apart inside. Some of our friends and family may try to help but they just don’t know what to say or do. Others may just tell us to ‘Snap out of it!’. This is easier said than done.
I’ve had several events happen over the past few weeks, months, and years that have totally changed my life. The most recent was the passing of my Mom-mom (grandmother). That hit me a lot harder than I expected it too.
A lot harder. Continue reading “My Routines Helped Me ‘Survival Mode’”
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The boys have been begging to make something so I decided to let them have a try at banana pudding this past week. I must say that they did a great job and we all enjoyed their tasty dessert!
They had a lot of fun making it as well. We used our Easy Banana Pudding recipe.
They all took turns cutting the bananas with these cute little knives I found on Amazon. Continue reading “Nanner Puddin’ Time”
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