by Valerie Steimle | May 10, 2014 | Valerie Steimle: Strengthening Families
On my bike ride today, my thoughts turned to the time I was raising my children. As a woman with 9 children (single births, same father-I always get asked that) I would always downplay the fact that I was some great woman taking on this overwhelming task as people...
by Valerie Steimle | May 3, 2014 | Valerie Steimle: Strengthening Families
I love the movies. There is no way around it. I could spend more time watching movies with my family than TV shows. I hardly ever watch TV shows, but if a great movie comes along with inspiring thoughts and wonderful music, I will watch and watch. Just recently a...
by Valerie Steimle | Apr 26, 2014 | Valerie Steimle: Strengthening Families
Eight years have passed since my husband passed away, and I have had to comfort and console my nine children at different times of their life as well as deal with my own grief. Even recently, there are still melt downs stemming from missing their father terribly which...
by Valerie Steimle | Apr 18, 2014 | Valerie Steimle: Strengthening Families
Besides Easter being this Sunday, it is also Adolf Hitler’s birthday. Coming from a Jewish family that also lost one-fourth of those I loved after World War II ended, this causes me great anger. As I think of the tragedy which happened to many Jewish families, it is...
by Valerie Steimle | Apr 12, 2014 | Valerie Steimle: Strengthening Families
This has been the cry I give to my children lately. Eat raw food! With the study of nutrition being so important for good health I have come to the realization that eating as much raw food as possible is one of the best ways to keep a healthy body. Your digestive...
by Valerie Steimle | Apr 5, 2014 | Valerie Steimle: Strengthening Families
How many times do children ask this question: Do we have to go to church? For spiritually-minded parents who feel the need to go to church every week for spiritual enlightenment and peace, this question can be a difficult one to answer. From a Letter to the Editor...
