I went out this morning to check the garden boxes and quickly noticed that what is supposed to be lettuce is now overrun with weeds. I…
Homeschooling High School {on Straddle Parenting}
Once upon a time, all of our kids were little. They were little and cute and man, high school seemed really far away. And then…
For the sake of change
I’m not quite sure why or when I started dumping my spare change in a small tin canister that once held a Christmas gift for…
Milestones
I never thought my kids would stay little forever; never really wanted them to. I’ve always, from the beginning, loved the unfolding that brings them…
Quick-play games for littles {straddleparenting.com}
Christmas came, and went, and left behind some truly awesome games. We love games. I can’t think of a recent day when some assortment of…
Introducing … Straddle Parenting
Back when we started this website, our focus was fairly clear: we were called to provide encouragement to families taking the road less travelled. For two…
Safe above saved
I knew it would come, knew she would say it before her time in Idaho was up: “I might stay, Momma. I hear God saying something,…
I’m not the mother I wanted to be
Once upon a time, a mother pushed her happy, giggling five month-old baby onto an elevator in a new-to-her stroller. The baby was kind of…
Pied Piper
In the economy of a large family, a 13 year-old brother is just short of legend. He has knives and multipurpose tools and a host…
The Author
It never ceases to amaze me how God takes a tiny cluster of cells and blossoms it into a distinct, unique creation in a matter…