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The Flourishing Family

Faith, Family, Health and Home

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  • My Novel: Aliisa’s letter
  • Remembering Steven
  • Healthy Birth Practices
    • Preparing for Birth
    • Waiting for Labor to Start
    • Pelvic Measurement: Will the Baby Fit?
    • Emotional Support and Guidance During Labor
    • Is the Intervention Necessary?
    • Pushing Positions
    • Mom & Baby: Skin to Skin
    • A New Perspective: Home Birth
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    • Calendula for a Healing Salve
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    • What about Vaccines?
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  • About
  • My Novel: Aliisa’s letter
  • Remembering Steven
  • Healthy Birth Practices
    • Preparing for Birth
    • Waiting for Labor to Start
    • Pelvic Measurement: Will the Baby Fit?
    • Emotional Support and Guidance During Labor
    • Is the Intervention Necessary?
    • Pushing Positions
    • Mom & Baby: Skin to Skin
    • A New Perspective: Home Birth
  • Family Health
    • Essential Oils
    • Colds Flu and Garlic
    • Calendula for a Healing Salve
    • Measles and the MMR
    • What about Vaccines?
    • Easing Painful Periods
  • Affiliate Links
  • Privacy Policy
  • Childbirth - Children - Family - Health - Midwifery - Women

    Healthy Children, Healthy Country

    May 23, 2025 - By Carol

    The birth rate in the United States and other countries is declining and has fallen below replacement. Healthy families are the foundation of a healthy country. It is also concerning that childbirth is becoming more dependent on technology. In 2018 I wrote a blog post about childbirth, past and present.…

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  • Steadfast Love
    Faith - Vaccines

    Steadfast Love

    May 16, 2025 - By Carol

    How precious is your steadfast love, O God! Psalm 36:7

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  • Hope & Faith for Overcoming Fear
    Children - Faith - Family - Health - Parenting - Prayer - Vaccines

    Overcoming Fear with Faith and Hope

    March 14, 2025 - By Carol

    Faith in God's goodness and accurate information help us overcome fear.

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  • Story of Autism
    Book Reviews - Children - Family - Health - Parenting - Vaccines

    Review: In a Different Key:The Story of Autism

    February 28, 2025 - By Carol

    John Donvan and Caren Zucker wrote a detailed history of autism, In a Different Key: The Story of Autism. It is a long book, 552 pages, with extensive notes and a bibliography. The book begins with story of a young boy who from infancy did not connect socially. He could…

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  • Human Life
    Abortion - Health - Women

    Sanctity of Human Life

    January 24, 2025 - By Carol

    As a nurse I have worked in labor/delivery units, neonatal intensive care and homebirth. Support for human life is deeply threaded through my experiences. When my son was gravely ill with leukemia, we fought for his life.  To purposely kill new life is shocking to me. I am saddened when…

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  • A Healthy Diet
    Book Reviews - Health - Nutrition

    Book Review: Good Energy

    January 17, 2025 - By Carol

    When I go to the library, I tend to pick fiction books over nonfiction. My favorite genre is historical fiction. I like a good story. It takes more effort for me to choose nonfiction. Recently I heard about a book written by Casey Means, M.D. and requested it. In the…

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  • Loving the Children
    Children - Faith - Family - Health - Parenting - Prayer - Vaccines

    Loving the Children in 2025

    January 3, 2025 - By Carol

    John F. Kennedy once said, "Children are the world's most valuable resource and its best hope for the future."

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  • The Choice
    Abortion - Health - Women

    The Choice

    September 20, 2024 - By Carol

    Years ago, a young woman, a friend of my daughter, became pregnant out of wedlock. It was a tumultuous time in her life. With the support of friends she chose life, and we had a shower for her at our home. This woman’s daughter is now a teenager. Another unmarried…

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  • Flowers in Israel
    Children - Health - Nutrition

    Loving the Children

    September 6, 2024 - By Carol

    Over the years I have become increasingly concerned about the health of children. My son, a close friend’s daughter and my college room-mate’s grandson were all diagnosed with leukemia.   Cancer has gradually increased in children. Chronic illness in children has increased dramatically since the 1980s. An article in the Journal of…

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  • Old McDonald had a farm
    Children - Family - Health - Nutrition - Parenting - Prayer

    A Child’s Song

    August 25, 2024 - By Carol

    We have a new granddaughter. When we visited our son’s family, we brought gifts for the baby and her big brother. We also gave our grandson a few of the cars and trucks that had once belonged to his father. One truck had the McDonald’s insignia on the side of…

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As I write, I give thanks for God’s design of the family and the gift of His word, the Bible.

It gives me joy to be a woman, a wife, a mother and grandmother. For many years I was a childbirth nurse, assisting mothers and their babies.

 

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My faith journey throughout Steven’s illness is included in this anthology

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