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The Flourishing Family

Faith, Family, Health and Home

  • 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
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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
  • 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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  • 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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  • Graduation
    Faith - Family - Nature - Vaccines

    If We Learn Nothing

    May 24, 2024 - By Carol

    Last night we attended our granddaughter’s graduation from high school. Each speaker mentioned the pandemic because these students spent their freshman year at home. Their classes were online. But they persevered and are now celebrated for their achievement. I am proud of my granddaughter’s hard work! My thoughts returned to…

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  • Vaccine Research
    Abortion - Book Reviews - Children - Health - Vaccines

    Vaccine Research and Abortion

    December 29, 2023 - By Carol

    In 2015 I wrote about vaccines developed from developing babies that were aborted. This type of research has been going on for as long as abortion was legal, as I learned. I came across a link to a Finnish research article that detailed experimentation with live fetuses during abortions. This research…

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  • Questions
    Children - Health - Nutrition - Parenting - Vaccines

    What We Didn’t Know

    August 18, 2023 - By Carol

    Mothers want to do what is right for their children. Sometimes the right thing is not clear. Sometimes important information is not available.  As a mom and a nurse with a B.S.N., I did not question the childhood vaccine schedule until I worked with a group of doctors who raised…

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  • Children
    Children - Health - Parenting - Vaccines

    Decisions Parents Make

    July 21, 2023 - By Carol

    There have been many changes in our culture since my children were little. As the calendar is about to flip to August, school is just around the corner for the grandchildren. My adult children face more difficult decisions than I did. One daughter will have three children in the public…

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  • Persistent in Health
    Children - Faith - Health - Parenting - Vaccines

    Persistent About Health

    April 28, 2023 - By Carol

    Our health is a gift from God. He has given us an immune system to fight disease. Sometimes we need medical support and treatment. But I am wary of pills, medications and vaccines to treat everything. As a nurse I have observed a movement to develop protocols that are one…

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  • My story
    Children - Family - Health - Parenting - Vaccines

    Why Didn’t I Take the Shot?

    January 6, 2023 - By Carol

    Our family’s experience with vaccines goes back a number of years. As we struggled with health problems, I prayed for God’s guidance in supporting my children’s health. Here is my story. Like every mother I have pursued health for my children. They all received childhood vaccines, but were prone to…

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  • Repairs
    Family - Health - Vaccines

    Repairing Our Communication

    September 30, 2022 - By Carol

    This morning I went to the post office and the farmer’s market. The main road on my way is still under repair, being resurfaced. One lane is shut down and it slows down the flow of traffic. But the end result will be an improvement. My thoughts turn to communication…

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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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