Drug-related crisis in your family? You are not alone. Media guru and mom Bobbie Ziemer continues her conversation with Cathy about the ways drug addiction can manifest in families. Families can face one pill ending in instant death to long decades of addiction.  We fell in love with Bobbie’s beautiful heart. And with her great courage to pull together a book about Drug Addiction. We see God’s fingerprints all over the book, Not in Vain. Perhaps you feel overwhelmed and afraid. You are not alone. You'll find comfort here.

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Drug Addiction and Your Child: You are NOT Alone with Bobbie Ziemer, Her Wisdom

Media guru and mom Bobbie Ziemer brings unique blend of passion and pain to this episode with Cathy. Is the drug pandemic sweeping our nation simply media hype? Bobbie’s experience will open your heart to understand how families suffer. Bobbie brought together 167 moms who share their tender stories in the book, Not In Vain. Together, she and Cathy honor the memory of Bobbie's daughter, Madison, as they talk about the ways families suffer. If you are looking for comfort, here it is.

The Drug Pandemic. Not in Vain: Real Addiction. Real Pain. With Bobbie Ziemer, Her Story

Anna joins Cathy to talk about how great recipes get kids in the kitchen and reading! Anna points out how welcoming your children into your kitchen prepares them to welcome others into their hearts. AND prepares your pre-schoolers to read! “It’s about hospitality,” says Anna. “'Hospitality isn’t busy entertaining, but instead welcomes drop-in guests to join the daily pageantry of family life.’ Do you know what that’s from?” Then, Anna and Cathy burst into laughter together. It’s from an old cookbook Cathy pulled together for her family when Anna was tiny. Anna shares how that cookbook is still influencing her approach to life and friendships! Very personal, especially since Cathy only cooks for people who love her unconditionally! Don’t miss this fun episode!

Recipes to Teach Hospitality and Reading: Welcome to My Kitchen

Anna Pierce (Educator, Artist, and Cathy's daughter) co-hosts to talk about how we can use bedtime stories, pajama parties, and family games to encourage our kiddos to read. “All my pajama stories involve our cousins and the silly things we did," reports Anna. “It’s less about reading and more about silly adventures.” How can your bedtime rituals and family games help you conserve the things that really matter? What is a true conservatism in today’s politicized world? Don’t miss this podcast!

Bedtime Stories and Pajama Parties: Inspiring Your Kids to Love Reading

Co-host Anna Krafve Pierce joins Cathy to talk about how memoirs for kids, even scrapbooking, can teach kids to read and to own their stories. Anna dazzles with her insight about how giving and story-telling can unite families. As so often happens with Anna, she took this conversation in an unanticipated and deeper direction, including a Krafve family story about a lost cemetery plot. Eventually we all have stories we NEED to tell. Our stories pass along family values. They may even become crucial to our personal sanity as adults. Why not prepare your kids now to own their stories? They will thank you later.

Memoirs for Kids: Scrapbooking to Own Their Stories Like a True Liberal

In this episode, Cathy and Anna offer encouragement to any young moms who might wonder if their child is dyslexic. Take heart! Anna shares a ton about how she helps dyslexic kiddos using spacial awareness in her classroom. Plus, how to protect your child from self-condemnation and self-inflicted defeat. She even finds an excuse to talk about horses at the barn! “Reading can be driven by just enjoying to read," she says. But for most of us, it's also driven by something else, according to Anna. Today’s blog and interview are dedicated to young mommies everywhere! We admire and affirm your devotion —your perseverance— to helping your child love reading!

Field Guides: Reading In Spite of Learning Differences with Anna Krafve Pierce

In this episode, Cathy and her daughter, Artist and Educator Anna Krafve Pierce talk about how pictures in comic books and magazines prepare an adventurous child to read. The key is sequencing, explains Anna. She includes lots of personal stories about her own kiddos. Also, why would anyone encourage their child to be adventurous? Adventure seems scary to the loving parent who foresees booboos, broken bones, and trips to the emergency room. They cover all this and so much more in today’s blog and podcast. Join in now!

Comic Books and Magazines: Reading for the Adventurous Child with Anna Krafve Pierce

Cathy chats with her daughter, Educator and Artist Anna Krafve Pierce about how reading the classics with her grandparents bound their love for each other. “I shared a vocabulary across generations and across time and now I guess across dimensions,” she says, referencing the fact that all her grandparents exist in heaven now. “Do you consider heaven a different dimension?” Anna’s comparison of heaven to a different dimension will strike your imagination. Time travel books, the Bible, and the classic books really do stretch our children’s imaginations—and ours! How do we inspire the next generation with a love of reading? How can classic books be our best tools? Don’t miss what this gifted educator, artist, and mommy shares about what she does with her own kiddos.

Classic Books: Inspiring Wisdom and Multi-Generational Readers with Anna Krafve Pierce

Fireside Talk Radio 03-10-2021 Miles Pike, His Wisdom

A strong man. A devoted wife. Seems like a rarity, right? Cathy interviews gospel artist, Miles Pike. Together, Miles and his wife travel the globe inspiring through music. Plus, they are winning the heart of their first-born, a responsive three-year old named Lilly. With Dad’s Day, Cathy asks Miles to pass on some special ways parents can give their children the blessing of a big, beautiful faith. What are their secrets for winning the heart of a child? How do they inspiring their own children through music? Don't miss what this tender-hearted musical daddy shares about giving our children the vocabulary they need to talk about deeply spiritual things, even if you're musically-challenged, like, ahem, a certain show host we might know!

Inspiring Through Music: Winning the Heart of Your Child with Miles Pike, His Wisdom

Fireside Talk Radio, the show where women ponder the things we store in our hearts. Warning: You may feel guilty pleasure for listening in on these sparky conversational adventures. Host Cathy Krafve invites experts to share their personal stories and talk openly about all the things women care about. No topic is too tough. You name it, we talk about it. Truth with a Texas Twang spoken here.

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