Some Hidden Holiday Gifts for the Kids, and for Us

Some Hidden Holiday Gifts for the Kids, and for Us
Holiday activities with friends and family strengthens relationships and teaches kids that fun and entertainment is best when its homegrown. Biba Kayewich
Jeff Minick
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Recently, I stumbled across this adage attributed to Ben Franklin: “Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.”

Often, we aim to become better people when the calendar flips us into January. Even the most common New Year’s resolutions, to exercise more and to lose weight, require self-discipline and perseverance if we are to match desire with success.

Jeff Minick
Jeff Minick
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Jeff Minick has four children and a growing platoon of grandchildren. For 20 years, he taught history, literature, and Latin to seminars of homeschooling students in Asheville, N.C. He is the author of two novels, “Amanda Bell” and “Dust on Their Wings,” and two works of nonfiction, “Learning as I Go” and “Movies Make the Man.” Today, he lives and writes in Front Royal, Va.
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