Category: Parenting

  • Throwback Thursday: Mother’s Day Edition

    I was looking through an old family album recently when I came across a drawing I made for my mom one Mother’s Day. It is a pencil sketch of a tulip with sentiment and instruction at the bottom. A few pages later, I found another one. And in a box of old photos, I found…

  • Thankful Thursday

    I am thankful for technology. It gets used a-plenty for evil, but good, God-honoring usage abounds. My six-year blogging anniversary is coming up. And one of the things I always wonder about when I read a blog is, what is she really like? I know it’s easy to build an expectation about what a person…

  • First memory verse for the school year

    Asking the kids to memorize this verse has given us new questions to ask during those times when the kids are doing everything but seeking to live peaceably with one another. Our curriculum: Young Peacemaker

  • Family Read-Alouds

    A “Thankful Thursday” post On days that I do not leave the house, even if I’ve done several chores, I don’t really feel like I’ve done anything. Today I loaded, unloaded, reloaded, and ran the dishwasher. Fed the family a couple of times. Sorted and began washing the laundry. Made a run to the grocery…

  • Thankful Thursday — The Kids

    I am thankful for my children. While the four of them have quite a bit in common, each one is so very unique. Being their mother has not been easy, but I wouldn’t trade them (or the mothering experience) for anything in the world. I feel like I can say that with honesty now that…