Family Focus

If you broke a nail, would you go straight to the emergency room?  It may sound silly, but we constantly do the same thing with our food! It’s all too easy to assume we can’t achieve a home-cooked meal quickly without the emergency help of boxes, cans and processed food.  False!

The simple act of planting, tending, and growing flowers can have minor and major benefits to any family that has the means to engage in gardening. With just a bit of soil, seeds, and perseverance you can obtain the educational, social, environmental, and health benefits of flower gardening for the whole family.

I’m super excited to be guest posting on Family Focus Blog and am sharing with you a very easy and family-friendly meal. I don’t know about you, but I have played the processed food game. And, if I’m being honest, every now and then I’ll still throw together a quick meal of Hamburger Helper. Every now and then.

No teacher needs another apple refrigerator magnet or figurine. If you try to “live green,” you certainly don’t want to give another little throw-away knick-knack that will wind up in a landfill. Here are 5 knock-their-socks-off DIY teachers’ gifts that meet the green standard.