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Celebrating Father’s Day as a Single Mom
Facing Father's Day as a single mom brings difficult questions.How can I help my kids on this day? What is expected of me? Am I required to honor him too?
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Kids Say the Darndest Things About Dad
We asked kids what they think about their dads. Turns out, they think they’re pretty darn special.
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Pop-Pop, Henry, and My Reasons to Remember
My Pop-pop told stories. About how my Mom-mom fell in love with him. About the Marines. Later I found out there were some secrets he didn't recite.
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Affirmation: the Perfect Graduation Gift
We give words of affirmation to someone shortly before or after their death. But why wait? Learn to speak life giving affirmations today.
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When Mother’s Day Hurts
Here are 10 ways to bless a hurting mom in your life.
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To My Wife on Mother’s Day
Every day is Mother’s Day in our little household. Because you do so much. But I want this day to be a reminder of my commitment to you.
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Host a Meaningful Easter Party with Your Mom...
I’m hosting an Easter party. You should too. Use these menu ideas and activities for a fun, easy way to share the Easter season together.
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Countdown to Easter
This guide will help you reflect on the days leading up to the Cross, Jesus' death, His burial, and the empty tomb. One Scripture. One brief reflection. Once a day, for 12 days.
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How About Giving up ‘Contempt’ f...
Togetherness is virtually impossible if one or both spouses feel disgust toward each other.
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I Used to Fail at Valentine’s Day
I always seemed to fail at this holiday until a game-changer idea took me from zero to hero.
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What Your Wife Really Wants for Christmas
Forget perfume and diamonds … give your wife something that speaks to her heart.
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The Unexpected Christmas Gift
The real unexpected gift wasn’t the money or groceries, but an increase in our faith.
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Is Santa Claus Stopping at Your House?
What’s a family—one that desires to teach their kids the REAL meaning of Christmas—to do about St. Nick?
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Work Smarter, Not Harder This Christmas
A mom’s guide to managing all that the holiday season throws her way.
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Teaching My Children to Be Thankful for Each...
Long after my husband and I are gone, I want our kids to still have each other.
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Women, Body Image and the Holidays
How do we find the holy balance of treating our bodies like temples, but not to the extent that we become health-obsessed this holiday season?
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Help Grandma Calm Down on Christmas Gift-Giv...
Sometimes, Grandpa and Grandma Warbucks create unintended challenges by “blessing the grandkids” with so many gifts.
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10 Ways to Help Your Kids Honor Their Dad
Use your position as a mother to inspire your children to honor their father this Father’s Day and over the years.
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7 Reasons I’m Thankful for My Husband This...
Our kids would only be half as awesome, half as cool, and half as strong without you. And quite frankly, so would I.
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4 Reminders for the Weary Mom on Mother’s...
This day was made for you—the tired and weary warrior mom who faithfully trudges on even when no one seems to notice.
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Loving Your Mom the Way She Needs It
It’s not about how you feel most equipped to love her, but how she will feel the most loved.
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7 Things the Easter Story Teaches Us About M...
The purpose of your marriage is to reflect the fullness of God in an increasingly empty world.
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10 Ways to Celebrate Valentine’s Day o...
Sometimes a little creativity, maybe a few dollars, and a little foresight are all that's needed to make an unforgettable to say “Be mine, Valentine.”
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Ideas for Observing Halloween Without Compro...
Two moms discuss ways they have allowed their children to participate in the holiday without undermining their values.
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Easter: What’s Your Story?
The day we celebrate Christ’s resurrection is the day we celebrate our own.
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10 Ideas: Valentine’s Ideas for Your F...
Start some new traditions with your children during the holiday of love.
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Let God Use Your Scars
After His resurrection, Jesus displayed his scars with confidence, not disgrace. He understood that God often leaves the scars of our past wounds as evidence of His power.
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Why I Like Easter Better Than Christmas
I’m thankful for the incarnation. But without Christ’s death, resurrection, and ascension, Christmas would mean nothing.
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5 Radical Ways to Purge Commercialism From C...
If you find yourself longing for a purer, less commercialized version of Christmas, then you might want to try our experiment yourself.
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5 Ways Your Blended Family Can Find Peace Ov...
This time of year, it’s easy to get caught up in the emotions of “how we used to do it.”
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7 Lessons I’ve Learned Through Waiting
During this season of Advent, I’m reflecting on how our hope must rest in the fact that God is with us in the waiting.
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10 Ways to Prepare Your Heart for Christmas
Slow down and truly experience this special season centered around family, joy, giving, and most importantly—Jesus.
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Using Christmas Music to Help Your Family Fo...
Listening to traditional Christmas hymns is one way to remind your children of the beautiful, gospel-centered purpose of Christmas.
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What Your Husband Really Wants for Christmas
Forget the ties and BBQ apron, your man would much rather see these gifts wrapped up on Christmas Day.
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When Christmas Isn’t Merry
When my aunt and uncle divorced, I had a difficult time adjusting to new holiday celebrations.
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6 Ideas for Decorating Your Home for the Hol...
The Ever Thine Home collection, created by Barbara Rainey, helps make Thanksgiving and Christmas meaningful as well as lovely.
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10 Ways to Talk About Christ This Christmas
Is this your year to make a change and replace some time-stealing activities with something more meaningful?
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Applauding Dads for What They Do Well
We asked our readers to tell us about the fathers in their lives.
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How My Husband’s Death Changed the Way...
My first spring after instant widowhood altered my perspective on resurrection.
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The Murdered, Risen, Living Messiah
This Easter, place your hope in the One who paid your debt, bore your sins, and gave you peace with God.
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12 Ways to Use Resurrection Eggs to Tell the...
Communicating the most life-changing story ever told in a way children can understand.
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14 Ideas for New Christmas Traditions
Is it time to consider doing something different this year?
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Immanuel: God With Us!
The wonder of Christmas is that Jesus became a baby and lived on earth. To understand and know Jesus is to understand and know God.
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4 Simple Ways to Add Significance to Your Th...
As family and friends gather, here are some ideas to create a holiday that is memorable and feasible.
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What to Do After Valentine’s Day
The little things you do the other 364 days of the calendar have a whole lot more to do with keeping romance alive in your relationship.
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4 Ideas for Celebrating Pentecost
Learn to appreciate the wonder of God actually residing within each of us who believe in Him.
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The Forgotten Holiday: What Happened to Pent...
Five reasons why your family should celebrate the coming of the Holy Spirit.
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Reclaiming Easter
Easter should be much more joyous than Christmas because of what Christ did for us on the cross.
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15 Digital Valentine’s Day Ideas
If you're looking for ideas to show your love this Valentine's Day, consider going digital.
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Romantic Words for Your Valentine
Try these out on your husband this year on Valentine's Day.
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Missing Something This Valentine’s Day...
Recognizing expressions of true love ... from God.
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Are You a Lazy Lover?
Some fun ideas for Valentine's Day.
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Easter Decorations: Transcendent or Trivial?
It's easy to miss what's most important in our Easter celebration.
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Rethinking Lent
For most of my life I ignored the Lenten season … until I realized how little time I spent preparing my heart for Easter.
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The Rebirth of Lent
Lent excites me because of its intense Christ-focus and, even more, its focus on the cross.
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Keeping Christ the Center of Christmas
Ten ideas that can help connect hearts and homes to Him.
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10 Great Ideas for a Meaningful Thanksgiving
With a little investment of time, these ideas can help give your children an "ultimate gift."
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Honoring the Legacy of Martin Luther King, J...
A reminder of our need to love others, including our enemies.
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7 Ideas for Making Your Holidays ‘Holy...
Here are seven ideas for traditions you can begin to draw your family closer to God.
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A Christmas Love Song
They thought Connor Deal couldn’t handle a solo in the church Christmas production. They were wrong.
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Our Most Meaningful Christmas Gift
In our first Christmas together, we gave the most valued gift we possessed.
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My Cure for Easter Apathy
Remembering what God has done in my life helped me to recapture my awe of the meaning of Easter.
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Reaching Out Through a Dozen Plastic Eggs
Resurrection Eggs helped families in our inner-city ministry really understand what Jesus had done.
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10 Ideas to Focus on What Really Matters at...
Here are some ways you and your family can put the spotlight on Christ.
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Nothing Is Impossible with God
The Christmas season reminds us that the God who made it possible for a virgin to conceive can heal any marriage and any family problem.
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The Wonderful Names of Christ
Focusing on the names of Christ during the Christmas season can provide many opportunities for you and your children to learn more about Him.
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10 Creative Ways to Celebrate Easter
How can you make Easter more meaningful?
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9 Ways to Create a Meaningful Easter
Rediscover the beauty of this important holiday.
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25 Valentine’s Day Ideas for Couples
When you get stuck thinking romance is all roses and bubble baths, it starts feeling like something you'll never achieve.
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8 Things Your Kids Need to Know About Christ...
Before unwrapping gifts this year, take time to ponder the eternal truths found in Scripture about Jesus' birth.
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Don’t Give Them Everything They Ask Fo...
We don't do our kids any favors by encouraging entitlement.
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Unhappy Holidays
God eagerly waits to meet us when we come with our losses and broken hearts to His welcoming embrace.
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10 Great Ideas for Christmas Traditions
Traditions remind us to stop the busy cycle of life long enough to reconnect and build bonds.
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Bob Lepine’s Favorite Christmas Movies
FamilyLife Today co-host lists seven great movies to view with your family during the holidays.
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10 Ways to Build Gratitude Into Our Children...
Character building is hard work, but it pays off big time in the lives of our children.
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3 Ideas to Streamline Your Holidays
Enjoy your holidays this year by simplifying your priorities.
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How to Have the ‘Perfect ChristmasR...
I decided to put away my expectations for the “perfect” Christmas—no more hope placed in conditions or gifts or decorations.
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15 Favorite Ideas to Create a Meaningful Tha...
Here are some of our best ideas, plus a few new ones, to help you make this Thanksgiving a holiday to remember.
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5 Faith Lessons From the First Thanksgiving
God’s story for His children isn’t one of loss and despair but one of restoration and hope.
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7 Ways to Save Thanksgiving
Are you happy with the way your family celebrates the holiday? Here are some ideas to keep it from becoming just another day.
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Grumbling or Gratitude?
Our problem in America is not that we don't know we are to be thankful, but often we choose to complain instead.
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Why Are You Grateful for Your Spouse?
What husbands and wives are saying about each other this Thanksgiving.
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Looking Forward to the Real Mother’s D...
Mothering is a ministry to the future. It's a ministry that, in the end, only God fully sees.
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15 Christmas Presents From the Heart
Give meaningful gifts this Christmas — Christmas gifts to pass on to future generations
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My Favorite Religious Christmas Music
Here’s a list of holiday CDs with songs that focus on Christ’s birth.
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4 Tips for Enjoying Christmas with Parents a...
Formulating a strategy for dealing with the stress of that accompanies holidays with loved ones.
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Teaching the Meaning of Christmas to Young C...
Four ideas for telling very young children the truth in a way they will understand.
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Rainey Thanksgiving Day French Toast Recipe
This recipe became a family tradition for Thanksgiving brunch.
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20 Ideas For Serving Others as a Family This...
Teaching children how to focus their hearts and minds outward on others during the holiday season.
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My Favorite Time of Year
We need to guide our children and grandchildren into the habit of giving thanks in all things.
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Resurrected Lives and Resurrected Marriages
The same power that raised Christ from the dead is available to us. It can make us new, and it can resurrect any relationship that seems hopeless.
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10 Ways to Honor Mom on Mother’s Day
Friends share special ways they have been remembered as mothers and ways they've honored their own moms.
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8 Ideas and 8 Gifts to Celebrate Motherhood
Here are some ways you can thank moms on Mother's Day and beyond.
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Let’s Take Christ Out of the Manger
Use the names of Christ to teach your kids who He is and how to relate to Him.
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Real Stories of Meaningful Christmas Gifts
In the November 2004 issue of The Family Room, we asked our readers to send us stories of their most meaningful Christmas gifts.
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The Bells of Hope
A beloved Christmas carol, written by a man lost in despair, directs us to remember the living God who sent His Son.
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3 Ways to Relieve Stress Before the Holidays...
Tips for making this holiday season more enjoyable.
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10 Ideas for Christmas Legacies That Knit th...
These activities can become treasured long-standing traditions for your family.
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Avoiding That Holiday Burnout
So you're planning your Christmas schedule? Perhaps it looks something like this...
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Christmas Films to Watch With Your Family
Here are a few movies that I never get tired of watching.
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Christmas Is About Love
God invites us to Himself every year at Christmas.
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Enjoying the Trappings of Christmas Without...
After several less than "merry" Christmas celebrations, I decided my future Christmases were going to be different.
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Experiencing Christmas with the Five Senses
If ever there were a truth that needed to be internalized, it is the amazing story of a God who came as a helpless baby to touch us at our point of need.
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Giving Holiday Hope to the Grieving
Encouraging those who have lost a loved one.
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Hosting Evangelistic Christmas Gatherings
Our homes can be a tool to introduce Christ to those around us, especially during Christmas.
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How a Christmas Ornament Helped Our Son Come...
When we came to the Savior ornament, God’s Spirit did something wonderful and miraculous.
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O Come, O Come Immanuel
When was the last time you really listened to the joyful and hope-filled words of this song?
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Honoring Your Father Through Your Senses
Creative ways to celebrate Father's Day.
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Establishing Your Family’s Own Christm...
At some point most married couples need to create their own holiday plans while also honoring their parents and extended families.
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10 Ideas: Giving Thanks in Everything
Expressing gratitude for all God has done for me.
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8 Ways to Pressure-Proof Your Holidays
How to protect your family from holiday stress.
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Thanksgiving: A Time to Remember
As my children grew up, I was determined to make this holiday a time for celebrating faith, family, and freedom.
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Do Your Kids Know Why We Celebrate Easter?
The Easter holiday may be the best time to tell your children of their need for Christ.
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The Easter Story: Explaining the Gospel Thro...
The story of Easter can be vividly explained through Resurrection Eggs from FamilyLife
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What’s Wrong With Easter?
I have a complaint about how we celebrate this holiday.
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10 Ideas: Esteeming Dad on Father’s Da...
Creative ways to express love and appreciation to the special dads in your life.
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