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The Business of Getting Ready for my Baby to Graduate
Real Life

The Business of Getting Ready for my Baby to Graduate

ByShawni May 19, 2025

Lucy is graduating this week. And life has been filled to the brim with festivities as well as mountains of homework and sleepless nights. Some days are joyous anticipating this…

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Shawni with three of her kids
Books | Motherhood

what I learned from “The Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother”

ByShawni March 23, 2025April 8, 2025

I learned so much about parenting when I read The Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother. Yow! It has left me really thinking about my own balance in mothering. Do…

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predictability promotes the best development
Motherhood | Parenting

predictability promotes the best development

ByShawni January 29, 2025January 29, 2025

I keep thinking about the developmental psychology class I took a while back that explored the “Attachment Theory.” I learned about the preciousness of predictability in parenting. When kids don’t…

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“The Ultimate Measure of a Man”
Faith

“The Ultimate Measure of a Man”

ByShawni January 20, 2025January 20, 2025

“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of convenience and comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy“. –Martin Luther King…

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tips for Raising teenage boys – A Different Perspective
Parenting | Teens

tips for Raising teenage boys – A Different Perspective

ByShawni January 18, 2025January 18, 2025

I got a question about raising teenage boys clear back when Max turned fifteen (below). It sure made me think. When I came across this question again the other day…

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How We Did Something Different for Christmas This Year
Holidays | Travel

How We Did Something Different for Christmas This Year

ByShawni January 15, 2025January 15, 2025

I mentioned before that we were going to do something different for Christmas this year. In lieu of gifts, we opted for a family trip. I’ve been trying to figure…

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What Will our Kids Remember? – “Nature’s Long Tapestry”
Motherhood

What Will our Kids Remember? – “Nature’s Long Tapestry”

ByShawni January 13, 2025January 13, 2025

Sometimes I wonder what my kids will remember from their growing-up years. I know I touched on this in the last post, but I have a few more thoughts to…

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“Oil of Joy for Mourning”
Faith | Holidays

“Oil of Joy for Mourning”

ByShawni December 24, 2024December 24, 2024

I sat in a class this Christmas season and was SO touched by these words from the scriptures: He has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows (Isaiah 53:4).He who…

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October Little Things
Real Life

October Little Things

ByShawni November 22, 2024November 22, 2024

Phew, who cares about October when all this gratitude is swirling around us finding the goodness of life, right?? But really, I’m grateful for October. A month where I was…

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