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INSTANT SURVIVAL TIP: “Don’t make me tell you again!” Posted:February 21, 2012 By:thesurvivalmom

INSTANT SURVIVAL TIP: “Don’t make me tell you again!”

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Wabi Sabi, A Different Way of Seeing Posted:February 06, 2012 By:thesurvivalmom

Wabi Sabi, A Different Way of Seeing

Guest post by Liz Long Wabi Sabi is a Japanese concept that just may help you get through life with a little more joy and a little less stress. This isn’t about buying things or learning [...]

A few brief words about fear Posted:October 26, 2011 By:thesurvivalmom

A few brief words about fear

Courage is not the lack of fear but the ability to face it.” —- Lt. John B. Putnam Jr. (1921-1944) Fear gets a bad rap.  As little children we’re told, “Don’t be afraid.” The worst possible [...]

Dear Survival Moms: Can you help Shelly? Posted:October 11, 2011 By:thesurvivalmom

Dear Survival Moms: Can you help Shelly?

It’s not unusual that I get panicked emails from other moms, and sometimes dads.  They feel as though time is running out to be prepared for an uncertain future that might include food shortages, increased natural [...]

Inquiring minds: Questions from a Survival Mom Posted:August 22, 2011 By:thesurvivalmom

Inquiring minds: Questions from a Survival Mom

Thanks to S.T., a reader who submitted these questions.  I think they’re the type of thing most every Survival Mom wonders but then gets too busy to ask!  This is the nitty-gritty stuff that we’ll all [...]

Camp MAMA! Posted:June 30, 2011 By:thesurvivalmom

Camp MAMA!

Guest post by Liz Long. Summer vacation is starting – soon! Summer camp can be hundreds of dollars a week. As great as those experiences can be and as much as kids can learn, it can [...]

18 Ways to Complicate Your Life Posted:June 06, 2011 By:thesurvivalmom

18 Ways to Complicate Your Life

In honor of Patrice Lewis’s book, The Simplicity Primer, and it’s formal debut on Tuesday, June 7, I offer an alternative: my “primer” to over-complicating your life.  I have tried all these strategies and can vouch [...]

Why I do this Posted:May 22, 2011 By:thesurvivalmom

Why I do this

Guest post by Liz Long I can’t control whether or when the government decides to pass laws that do things like make light bulbs cost $50, interfere with my Second Amendment rights (we visit DC, which [...]

Give me your poor, your tired, exhausted moms…Have I got a book for you! Posted:May 21, 2011 By:thesurvivalmom

Give me your poor, your tired, exhausted moms…Have I got a book for you!

My life is so complicated sometimes.  Is yours?  There’s (always) laundry to do, and a steady stream of various messes in need of a cleaning.  Cats and dogs that need to be fed and cuddled, cars [...]

Good News Friday!! Posted:March 18, 2011 By:thesurvivalmom

Good News Friday!!

Woo-Hoo!  Besides the fact that the weekend is here, we all could use a big, fat dose of good news! A joyful heart is good medicine. Proverbs 17:22 What good news do you have to share?  [...]