Time 4 Family, Inc

03/31/2023

If there was ever a time to use marshmallows for a craft, it's EASTER! I made so many marshmallow crafts with my own kids when they were little because ... I have a sweet tooth and love marshmallows. https://www.notimeforflashcards.com/2014/03/marshmallow-easter-bunny-craft.html

02/08/2023

Recipe: https://easybudgetrecipes.com/how-to-dye-easter-eggs/
In this easy tutorial, we show How to Dye Easter Eggs with Food Coloring and Rice. To do so, you’ll need hard-boiled eggs, rice, and food coloring.

11/26/2021

I don’t need to tell you all the horror stories about my addiction, because if you have experienced it in an capacity, then you already know. So I want to tell you some of the incredible things I’ve learned since the last time I used—nine years ago.

I learned the definition of a true friend.

I learned its possible to live a life without the use of drugs and alcohol.

I learned what it feels like to become a bride and a mother.

I learned that its possible for a highschool drop out to publish a book and go on tour.

I learned that its possible to hold the hand of a dying loved one, without getting high.

Ive learned that all the aspects of my personality that I spent years numbing with drugs, are the things people love most about me.

Ive learned its okay to admit that Im wrong or dont know something. That its okay to ask for help and that its okay fail.

I’ve experienced the peace that comes along with laying my head on the pillow at night without guilt, knowing I did the best I could to be the best person I could.

I still have so much to learn, and Im looking forward to growing and evolving even more.

Im grateful for my higher power, my sobriety, my family, my friends in recovery, for all of you who support, love and accept me as I am, despite my past.

Thank you all for your love, I wouldnt be me without you. Today we have 9 freakin years!

(Ps I’ll be going live to talk about addiction and recovery!)

08/05/2021

This dude preaches it! Educatin' those young men

08/02/2021

Love this!

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05/03/2021

It's Monday. ..Let's keep it together people! 🤣🤣

04/25/2021

Just a little education.

02/15/2021

Free Videos. Free Minds.

02/12/2021

I’ve lost a year with my kids battling over school and I’m done.

My seven year old and I were in the midst of our usual asynchronous day battle. I had his writing homework in my hand from school. He’d written several full, well-thought-out sentences.

But he won’t do the same for me, at least not without a fight.

I told him he didn’t have to write about his best day like his teacher asked, he could write about his worst. He could write about whatever he wanted as long as he wrote a few sentences.

He said he’d get in trouble. He said he was doing a bad job in first grade. He was on the brink of tears but didn’t know why.

And it hit me.

Instead of getting frustrated and pushing the assignment, I sat down with him at his desk in his superhero bedroom.

I said “you won’t get in trouble and you can’t fail first grade. In fact, you’re kind of a superhero yourself.”

He sat up in his chair just a little and looked at me with disbelief.

I said, “Do you know that no kids in the history of kids have ever had to do what you’re doing right now? No kids in the history of kids have ever had to do school at home, sitting in their bedroom, watching their teacher on a computer. You and your friends are making history.”

A visible weight lifted from his seven year old shoulders, “What does that mean?”

I told him it means I haven’t given him nearly enough credit for rolling with the punches. I told him how proud I am of him and his friends. That kids this year are doing the impossible and they’re doing a really great job.

I apologized for not saying it sooner and more often. A little tear fell down his cheek.

We’ve thanked everyone from healthcare workers to grocery store employees but we haven’t thanked the kids enough for bearing the burden of what we’ve put on their shoulders this year.

We’ve said kids are resilient, and they are. But they are the real superheroes in this whole scenario for having ZERO say in their lives but doing their best to adjust every day.

We closed his school-issued laptop and spent the rest of the day playing. This was supposed to be temporary and here we are a year later still trying to hold our head above water.

This is our home and I won’t turn it into a battle ground anymore over something we can’t control. Something that no longer makes sense.

Hug your little superheroes today and don’t forget to cut them the slack we’ve given everyone else.

Join me in the trenches at Christine Derengowski, Writer !!

11/21/2020

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