Great Expectations
Thanks to Mr. Charles Dickens for letting me borrow his title today. I do respect a good author. My post is very different from his story, though. I'm talking about…
Being Cool for Your Teens
During the time when our children worry the most about who they are, parents worry the most about their kids not liking them. Now that we've been through the teen…
An Easter Fun Day
If you're familiar with my homeschool posts, you know we have a "fun day" about every six weeks as part of our home-micro-school routine. With Easter coming up, our most…
To Spank or Not to Spank
In 2002, my new husband and I were wanting to have children. I was also a college student taking a marriage and family studies class. For a research project, I…
Making Time for Everything
The Bible tells us, "To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under the heaven." (Eccl 3:1) I think this is very true in parenting. There's…
A Shepherd Experience
This Christmastime, I wanted to give my home & micro-school kids a shepherd experience. I knew we had a fun day coming up, so that would make the perfect opportunity.…
Helping Littles with Big Feelings
I've written before about "terrible twos," along with running ones and grouchy threes. These little ones all have big feelings sometimes, and they usually seem overly dramatic for whatever the…
A Mom’s Day
Maybe you are a parent wondering if life for you is like it is for other parents. Maybe you are thinking about having kids and want to know what it…
5 Fam Faves, Healthified
I've written before about our diet, and how it changed for the better over a decade ago. Sometimes people think that making a healthy meal means there's no flavor, but…
Grieving When They’re Leaving
There is a real and unique kind of grief that comes when your baby grows up and leaves home. A few months ago, kid #6 and I were talking about…