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What is in Your First Aid Kit?

A better first question would be — do you HAVE a first aid kit? I hope you do. In an emergency, a first aid kit is an extremely handy thing to have. In fact, the Red Cross suggests keeping a first aid kit in your home and another in your car. They also suggest knowing where your first aid kit is at work and keeping one in the dorm. There are lots of first aid kits available for sale. Mine came from Costco. You can pick one up at your local pharmacy, or even order one from the Red Cross … Continue reading →

Christmas Gifts to Help Your Family Stay in Touch

If you live far away from your relatives, Christmas is a time that can bring you closer together. As parents you may be looking for gifts that will help your children connect with their grandparents. Technology has opened many new doors to make this a much easier process. Here are five gifts that you can give to help your family stay more connected. In later blogs I will list specific suggestions on how to better utilize these gifts to stay in touch with each other. 1) If you do not already have a web cam this is a great gift … Continue reading →

Five Ideas for Food Storage Christmas Gifts

One great holiday gift is to give the gift of food storage. If you know that a family is trying to build their food storage, this is a great gift that you can easily customize to the families needs. You may want to discuss specifically what they are in need of, especially if they have been storing food for awhile. If they have not been, but are just starting you may want to use one of the five ideas listed below. 1) The easiest thing to do is to pick a category and to buy items out of that category. … Continue reading →

5 Ways For Your Child to Help Prepare an Emergency Kit

If you have not already prepared an emergency kit for your children, you may want to enlist their help as you do so. This will help your children be comfortable with what is inside their kits. It will also give them something familiar to help them a scary situation. In a small child’s kit you may not put as much food (you would put in yours instead), but rather comfort items and activities. In an older child’s kit you would make it nearly as complete as your own. Here are five steps to having your child help you prepare the … Continue reading →

Four Main Areas of Emergency Preparedness

If you are just beginning to prepare yourself and your family to face emergencies and an uncertain future you should look at the four major areas of preparedness. Even if you already consider yourself prepared, it is important to review where you currently stand at least once a year. As your family grows, your needs will change. If you regularly review those needs you will easily be able to make adjustments. 1) Short-term emergency preparedness is the first area that you should be prepared for. This should include an emergency kit for each family member. Five-day kits are replacing the … Continue reading →

Surprise under the Christmas Tree

Trying to keep children out from under the Christmas tree is hard enough for a two-parent home but then as a single parent the challenge grows. The Christmas holidays are so exciting. People mill about, hurrying to complete the holiday shopping. The neighborhood is lit up with bright Christmas lights, front lawns are dotted with twinkling reindeer, and Santa is sitting on the roof. Mothers are busy in the kitchen preparing sweet holiday goodies while the air is filled with the fragrance of hot butter rum. Then as you look at the Christmas tree, you find ribbons, shiny ornaments, little … Continue reading →

Family Home Evening: Preparedness Night

It is a good idea to have a family home evening devoted to family preparedness and safety at least once year. This week’s lesson is based on the theme of safety and preparedness. You can easily adapt the activities to fit the needs of your family. It is important to cover the basics whether you have toddlers or teenagers. You can open the lesson by reading Doctrine and Covenants 109:8. Then you can talk about the different things that your family might want to prepare for. You can talk about the importance of spiritual preparedness as well as temporal preparedness. … Continue reading →

Emergency Kits Make Great Christmas Presents

A great Christmas present for all of your unprepared family and friends would be an emergency kit. The Red Cross has begun recommending a five day kit, instead of the standard 72-hour kit. However, you can decide the length of the kit. You can purchase an emergency kit for your friends or family or you can assemble one of your own. In reality your gift will have to be completed once they have received it, since it may be difficult to buy and include extra clothing and prescriptions for each individual. You may want to start off by making a … Continue reading →