Book shopping is the new cool...

Reading... 

Reading...

and more READING....

We all know how great reading is. Not just for the kids but for everyone. Your kids reading lots of books should not be a luxury. Keep them reading. 

   So I happen to he raising avid readers. My People read as much as I write. Well let me say that again, 20times more. My 11 year old son goes through a book a day. Trips to the salvation army book section make my kids happy. For $100 on this trip, I got a box of books that can stay in my library. My 11 year old son reads in collections and recently doesn’t want to get books from the library because he re-reads them. Well to cut a long story short replace electronics with books. It works wonders for your kids. They used to also read books on their iPads/tablets but recently we cut that out completely as we are working on less screen time. Give your kids more books. It increases vocabulary, imagination, creativity, helps with math, and keeps them focused. I know we have a ton of free resources and free books so please do well to share in the comment section so we can all benefit from the awesomeness. 

   Try thrift store book shopping with your kids. You spend quality time, and you are not spending a ton of money. Also, create relationships that allow you to book swap with other kids. The next time you buy a gift for a kids birthday- please buy a book. Give a book. 

•What do you do to encourage reading at your homes?
• Is it intentional?
•Are you exploring and using all resources available to you?

     Lets keep our children reading and growing positively. 

Thank you to everyone who has reached out to me about getting conversations back on the blog. This is your doing. We will try to keep it up.
Kisses,

Ya’ah Yefon.

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Your Sanity remains your wealth

    Take care of yourselves ladies. if you drop dead, your spouses will marry another woman sooo fast, you won’t believe your eyes as you look from the grave, unable to do anything about it. Take care of your sanity. No human is worth your life. Your children need a sane mother. When you tell yourself you are staying for the kids, they are crying on the inside. Your kids live off of your energy. They know when things are not ok. Don’t loose your minds over relationships that are not sustainable. If you don’t feel safe at home, seek help and run for your life. Same with friendships and even your work spaces. Protect your peace! This will happen with financial freedom. Find a source of income even if you can’t use it in childbearing years. Let it be yours to keep. Same goes for you men.  No one should remain in a relationship that rids them of themselves. Domestic abuse is not ok!  As a matter of fact, no form of abuse is ok. 

As you seek help, please speak life and positivity over  yourself. Restoration in Christ is possible. 
Say this; 
This is my Season of complete RESTORATION. when God restores, it is permanent. There is nothing lost in Christ, count it all Joy. The things that the naked eye cannot see, those things that man can’t comprehend, those are the things I am interested in. May they manifest over me and mines in Jesus name. May miracles be our way of life, may we not excite over the gift and forget the “gifter”/giver. All the desires of my heart must come to pass according to the word of God over my life in Jesus name. As I walk the earth, Christ will be manifested in my life- in word and deed. This is my season of complete restoration. My testimony is upon my lips. May this be my portion and anyone desiring these things around me in Jesus name. 

Ecclesiastes 3:14: 
I know that everything God does will last forever; there is no adding to it or taking from it. God works so that people will be in awe of him.
 1 Peter 5:10: 
And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.
This is my portion in Jesus name. 

Wait on it! 
Believe him!
Avail yourself! 
GET HELP!!! 
GET HELP!!!
GET HELP!!!

 

 
   Last but not least. When  your friends share their demise with you, its not for you to make light of their unfortunate circumstances. A lot of people remain stuck because they have no one to talk to or they have shared and some of us have verbal diarrhea. I pray we can address abuse in our immediate communities without passing judgement of the victims. 
The victim is VICTIM! Be a great friend or shut up. 

Together we can be fully restored. 

Stats and details. 

(See flyers for original source)

 

Thank you to everyone who has reached out to me about getting conversations back on the blog. This is your doing. We will try to keep it up.
Kisses,

Ya’ah Yefon.

#Nomamipikinleftbehind
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Gratitude...

I know its been ages. I have no excuses. Please hang in there with me as I do my best to share what I owe all of you wonderful people who have stuck with me all these years. For some reason the conversations were moved to my Facebook page because we were able to get a better thread going. However, I trust that we can do the same here. Now lets talk about gratitude or the lack there of.

   Teach your children gratitude by demonstrating behavior that screams GRATITUDE.
It won’t happen by chance. We must raise a generation that is not swimming in entitlement. It starts by not spoiling your children as overcompensation for being too busy. Gratitude at all times is MUST.
  Apart from saying the regular THANK YOU in my house I insist on actionable gratitude and more  from the heart. (Well they may not really have a choice all the time, but here with some of the things we do). In my home, GRATITUDE IS NON NEGOTIABLE! Especially to GOD.
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1. We send thank you Videos(we basically make videos for almost everything. Videos need time and effort so that its not done just to fulfill being “done”.
2. We write down our appreciation.Thank you notes etc.
3. If you are not treating something of value with care I confiscate it.
4. If you display entitled behavior, we each share in a conversation why that is wrong behavior, plus consequences.
5. We as parents DISPLAY GRATITUDE towards each other.
6. I make sure my children listen in as I offer thank you’s and appreciation each time I can get them around.
7. I take my children to age and environment appropriate FAMILY functions so that they are not being raised on an island and display spoilt rotten behavior. They must interact and tolerate other children/humans. (Remember Family is what you make it. Don’t tell me you don’t have any family around).
8. And more... I will chime in the comments as we discuss.. Are you demonstrating GRATITUDE? No one owes you anything.

I know its been ages. We didn’t have another baby I promise. Hahaha 

Thank you to everyone who has reached out to me about getting conversations back on the blog. This is your doing. We will try to keep it up.
Kisses,

Ya’ah Yefon.

#Nomamipikinleftbehind
The 2020 MAMIPIKIN TALKS EXPERIENCE
Registration available:
www.eurykahndumu.com 

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