"i carry your heart with me (i carry it in my heart). - e.e. cummings
April is my birthday month, but also a reminder of pain that I carried so deep, trying to forget and trying to be strong. But...
My little kids currently range in age from 3 to 6 years old. I've recently started thinking of this season as The Wonder Years. It's a sweet time where they are discovering things about life that the rest of...
When my daughter was born, I quickly learned that it was okay to ask for help. I mean, birthing a whole being requires recognizing that you need help and accepting help when it is offered. One of the areas...
One of the realities of the small children phase of parenting is that time for taking care of yourself is limited. I can't remember the last relaxing bath I've had and being kicked in the back by my kid...
"You need to turn on the television." That's what Kent said when I answered the phone. I could not have imagined what came next.
I homeschooled each of our kids individually for one year before they reached junior high school....
Moving a child out of your room can be a difficult task. In my short time as a parent, I've learned the number one thing I'm hesitant to mess with is sleep. After months and months of little to...
Who do you think is your worst enemy in motherhood?
Maybe it’s your spouse who parents completely opposite of you, making it hard to have any consistency in how you’re raising your children.
Maybe it’s social media which sucks your time,...
The Christmas list is a little different this year at our house. While we’ll still try to get up to three big gifts for each of our children and grandchildren, we have decided to get back to doing something...
In early 2021, we unexpectedly lost my beloved father-in-law after a brief illness. It was a shock to our family. We were faced with this new reality we didn’t see coming, and had to quickly develop a plan of...
“Corn, corn, nothing but corn.” In the movie Secondhand Lions, fourteen year old Walter Caldwell’s two eccentric uncles, Hub and Garth McCann, take up gardening. Garth buys vegetable seed packets from a traveling salesman and presses Hub and Walter...
Parenthood
Our Summer Survival Strategy
Summer is here whether I like it or not. Admittedly, it’s not my favorite season, but I’m both excited and a bit nervous about...
