A week after landing back in the US, we were touring rental homes; a list hastily thrown together based on price, move-in timeline, and general…
A month, a lifetime
You don’t really appreciate the passage of time until something forces you to stand still and try to capture the minutes in a bottle. Something…
These things we do
It is 2 a.m., and Jude is awake, again.
Invisible
Acts of love are so often invisible. There are, of course, public displays. But more often than not, love is a small thing, a private thing.
7 homemaking skills my kids won’t be leaving the nest without
I don’t know about you, but I spent the first years of marriage and motherhood climbing a steep learning curve. Why? Because despite having a…
Arrival
There’s no way to untangle the emotions of this past year from the events of this weekend, no way to separate this amazing, miracle birth…
Today
This is the day. As much as anyone can ever be “ready,” we are. This is the day we are to meet our newest baby.
Reality schooling {Sonlight Blog Party}
This is the fourth installment in a year-long blog party designed to help Sonlight celebrate 25 years of serving homeschoolers. In January, I introduced our family.…
Father and son
There are many things in life that give me pause, that make me stop and breathe deep with the gratitude of, “Oh, Lord, thank you…
Violin
She was 18 months old the first time she said the word “violin.” We had been listening to Beethoven’s Wig: Sing Along Symphonieswhile cleaning up…