Posts by jamiamerine
Charm Style: Your Signature Groove
Season 5 Episode 5 Charm Style: Your Signature Groove So? What is your signature groove? What thing is all you? I loved this conversation about a style that is more than clothing or makeup, but the essence of my “groove.” Road Sign: Fine-tune your charm in a way that makes you uniquely you. Scripture – I praise…
Read MoreExtending Charm: Life Outside of Ourselves
Season 5 Episode 4 of Charm School! Extending Charm: Life Outside of Ourselves Road Sign Volunteering for a good cause makes people happy just like when you run out of gas and see the Roadside Assistance truck pull up! Scripture – 1 John 3:18 let us not love in word or talk but in deed…
Read MoreMy Child Can’t Read – Dear Worried Mama
My child couldn’t read either. I hear you. And I see you. I know the worry and I know, the concern. And I cannot tell you the magic formula to help your child read. But I have a few things I want to tell you, some encouragement, and maybe a little hope. My son, who…
Read MorePremeditated Charm: Life Outside Yourself
Season 5 Episode 3 of Charm School! Premeditated Charm: Living Outside Yourself Our premeditated Road Sign this week is If you don’t know where you are headed you’ll never know if you have arrived. And our scripture Isaiah 43:7 (ESV) -Everyone who is called by my name, whom I created for my glory, whom I formed…
Read MoreSelf Help Hazards
Season 5 Episode 2 of Charm School! Self Help Hazards Rebecca’s and my Road Sign this week is: Choose your road map carefully; some self-help books pretend to say something but in reality are nice-sounding words with no real value added by the author. And we have TWO scriptures, we could not choose! 2 Timothy 3:16-17 All…
Read MoreWhat is Charming? A New Season
Season 5 Episode 1 of Charm School! Celebrating the Art of Womanhood What is it to be charming? Who do you think of when you think about charm, elegance, or grace? Who do you KNOW that fits this idea? Our Road Sign this week is: A charming life is like taking the scenic route when…
Read MoreMilitary Mom: Home of the Brave
Military Mom: Home of the Brave As a Military mom, the Fourth of July means something different than it used to. I don’t suppose I was ever very patriotic. I mean, I have fond memories of parades, fireworks, watermelon, and swimming until my 42 cousins and I passed out cold. And I know the pledge…
Read MoreMom Boss: Effective Advocacy
It is safe to assume if you are reading this, you are a curious a mom. The title “mom,” rarely doesn’t have some descriptive attached to it. Soccer, bad, good, working, stay-at-home, world’s best, foster, adoptive, step, certainly I have left off a few, but you get the gist. Mom is a mixed bag of love,…
Read MoreJam-Ed: How Music Impacts Learning
Jam-Ed: How Music Impacts Learning Today I am writing to you a word about the power of music and how it greatly impacts learning. I am not classifying this post as part of the learning disabilities series, because I think applies to every aspect of learning and parenting. So, I have a confession, I love…
Read MoreCreating an Atmosphere of Chill for your LD Child
Creating an Atmosphere of Chill for your LD Child Welcome to post 5 in the Help my Child has Learning Disabilities Series. Today I am writing to you about atmosphere. No matter if you are dealing with an LD child or not, take a moment to take stock of the environment around you. The atmosphere…
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