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Teachable Moments

Teachable Moments

Perhaps it's just me, but as a mom, I so often choose the wrong time and wrong place to speak the right things I long to teach my kids. Sometimes it's...

Teachable Moments

Perhaps it's just me, but as a mom, I so often choose the wrong time and wrong place to speak the right things I long to teach my kids. Sometimes it's...

Lowering Your Voice and Looking Your Kids In Th...

This past Sunday, the boys and I stayed home from church due to lingering fevers and coughs. What was meant to be a restful morning turned into a morning full...

Lowering Your Voice and Looking Your Kids In Th...

This past Sunday, the boys and I stayed home from church due to lingering fevers and coughs. What was meant to be a restful morning turned into a morning full...

Tea and Cookies {Taking Time To Pause} + $100 V...

http://ads.blogherads.com/96/9630/campaigns/19/1923/1923916/x90.js   In the last year or so, some wonderful new roles have surfaced in my life in addition to being a wife, mother, and home educator. I’ve unexpectedly acquired...

Tea and Cookies {Taking Time To Pause} + $100 V...

http://ads.blogherads.com/96/9630/campaigns/19/1923/1923916/x90.js   In the last year or so, some wonderful new roles have surfaced in my life in addition to being a wife, mother, and home educator. I’ve unexpectedly acquired...

Linger Longer

Sometimes you step back and see a pattern in the way your relate to your spouse:"I had somehow grown self-righteous in my refusal to rest and to enjoy leisure...the luxury of lingering."Today,...

Linger Longer

Sometimes you step back and see a pattern in the way your relate to your spouse:"I had somehow grown self-righteous in my refusal to rest and to enjoy leisure...the luxury of lingering."Today,...

The Family Meeting

The Family Meeting

I posted this on Instagram last Saturday night, with stinging, teary eyes and a grateful heart: Keeping short accounts with one another is impossible when seeing through pride-colored glasses. The...

The Family Meeting

I posted this on Instagram last Saturday night, with stinging, teary eyes and a grateful heart: Keeping short accounts with one another is impossible when seeing through pride-colored glasses. The...

On The Weight of Words

On The Weight of Words

It always happens when I'm spent, overcommitted, and stressed out. The words I speak to my husband and my children in the midst of conflict become harsh and ungracious...demanding and...

On The Weight of Words

It always happens when I'm spent, overcommitted, and stressed out. The words I speak to my husband and my children in the midst of conflict become harsh and ungracious...demanding and...