The past year has been quite a journey as I wrote Isn’t it Time for a Coffee Break? I spent many days holed up in a corner of my local coffee shop writing while my kids were at school. Then I rushed home to throw together dinner and help kids with homework. It was quite […]
Family
Community begins at home
The snow crunched under my feet. I paused outside the heavy glass doors. The playground was eerily quiet, the lull before the storm of five to seven-year-olds about to invade. Slices of bread hung by yarn on a tree, flapping in the wind, awaiting hungry birds. I took a deep breath of the frigid, fresh […]
Learning to let go
One warm summer day, Little Miss Sunshine asked me if I’d help her learn how to float on her back. Over the past couple summers she’s been eager to learn how to swim, yet she’s much more cautious than T-Rex who thinks he is part fish. She took her arm floaties off and we […]
Raising a Generation of Courage
I’ve been saddened and disappointed at the amount of fear-mongering that I’ve heard over the past couple days from people who claim to trust God, yet seem to have put their hopes in a presidential election. Honestly? It’s a poor testimony. Especially to my children. By the end of this presidential term my kids will […]
A Cupcake Caper
Thank you all so much for your wonderful suggestions for celebrating the milestone of turning in the final book edits. I loved hearing how you celebrate special events in your lives. I am tucking away all of your ideas for future use! I had a hard time choosing a winner, so I picked two! I […]
How do you respond to discipline?
One of my children recently unbuckled the seat belt and opened the car door as I was pulling into a parking spot at the grocery store. I don’t think I’ve ever reacted so quickly and passionately. I can’t even recall what I said. All I know is that my internal organs weren’t in their […]