By Teresa Renee Bain It may be hard to imagine living in an empty, quiet house if there are children in your home. Children and all their toys, blankets, books, snacks, shrieks, laughter, demands, and never-ending curiosity. As a mom with young children, I remember being bone tired as I attempted to juggle so many […]

By Teresa Renee Bain As parents, we may feel the desire to protect our children, while at the same time wanting to prepare them for the inevitable bumps they will encounter along life’s road. Children are learning all the time. They learn from what they see, hear and experience. They also get messages about what […]

By Teresa Renee Bain   My great, great, great, great grandfather lived through several deadly bouts of influenza in his small farming town in the mid-1800’s. He turned a corner of his farm into a family cemetery after influenza claimed the lives of three of his children and two of his grandchildren. Since March, when […]