Third child. Third time I’ve sent a child off to college, and still it is not easy. Friday I got Jared settled into his dorm room for his first year of college. Made his bed, stocked his dorm fridge with yogurt and OJ and milk, bought him cleaning supplies and ravioli and trail mix...
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We all have them. Days where the rain won’t stop and the kids have ‘tudes and the car breaks down and the house is a wreck, and your mood is as low as a turtle’s belly. You want to resign, or at least escape for a day. But of course that would involve finding...
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Dark auditorium, crowded with people rocking out to a Christian rock concert. I’m next to my husband and we’re surrounded by most of our children. Leeland begins singing ‘Follow You’. I love the song. It speaks of gratitude and dedication, and it always reminds me of how much I want to serve, to be...
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Do you lose yourself when you become a mom? Does motherhood really make you happy? Can a woman turn her home around? These links are all fairly long, all extremely worthwhile. Get comfy and enjoy! Then, if you have time, tell me which one spoke most to your heart. Why?
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Seems like every stage of parenthood is about growing and stretching and adapting. When you’ve got babies, a lot is physical. Picking up, carrying, doing everything for this little one whose needs don’t know day or night. It is a precious and wonderful time, but oh, so tiring. In the middle years there’s much...
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Here’s what we’ve done. How do you encourage your kids to be brave with food?
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Mensch To my 18 year old son, as you prepare to graduate from high school and head out into the world: I’m so proud of you, and I’m confident that you’ve already learned most of what I’m writing here. You already excel at many of these things! But as a momma I find myself...
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Most parents struggle at times with encouraging respectful communication in kids. At times I’ve assigned sentences about respect as a consequence for rudeness and fighting. But I’ve not been sure it does anything but aggravate a kid more. Recently I came up with a way to modify the writing assignment in a way that...
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5 year old comes to me, wailing, limping. She sits down before me with brimming eyes, holding out a leg to me. Same leg she cried over two days ago, hurting then with something mysterious, unseeable to my eye or my inquiring fingertips. Today again, same leg offered. “It hurts from here up to...
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My husband and I joked when our first daughter was little that she was always a few months ahead of us. We’d buy her a new toy, watch her play with it, and realize with chagrin (…continue reading at BlogHer)
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