The Business of Getting Ready for my Baby to Graduate
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…
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…
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…
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…
“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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…