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By Shannon Magsam So, apparently in the Fayetteville School District you have to fill out an absence form if you’re going to pull your kid out of school for, say, a family vacation. Or, in […]

Name: Heather David Kids’ names and ages: Cooper just turned 7, my Christmas baby. And Cash is 2; he’s my 9/11 baby. I’m married to Michael David, and we’re high school sweethearts! We’ve been together for […]

We love it when we come across a new business in Northwest Arkansas that has something fun to offer. The other day we got a gift package from a friend who sent us something from […]

When you’re pregnant, the first sound you hear from your baby is his or her heartbeat during one of your early prenatal doctor appointments. So once the baby is born and something sounds “off” about […]

4 And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David:) […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 When Tom and I took our honeymoon more than a decade ago, we were mostly broke and went to a neighboring town 45 minutes away. Two […]

3 ¶ Beloved, while I was very diligent to write to you concerning our common salvation,  I found it necessary to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once […]

By Gwen Rockwood, newspaper columnist and mama of 3 I just had a very, very big birthday. And I’ll be the first to admit that it’s freaking me out. My firstborn just turned 10. As […]