10 Jun Love in Every Color
I want to tell you about Ruby. When I was little, I lived in a suburb of New York City. Mind you, I lived in the wealthy white area of this suburb. Still, I fondly recall my mother taking me to visit Ruby. She was a...
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11 Jan Still Fighting Mom Guilt: A Recycled Post
Last week, the day after we arrived in Ventura, I took all the kids to Target to buy a million and one things. Somewhere in between the granola bars and dry-erase markers, my children began to misbehave. Knowing this would be a challenging outing for...
13 Sep Grace in a Campfire
I love a good campfire. It’s my favorite part of any camping trip. And once in a while, we have a campfire in our own backyard. It’s lovely. The scent of woodsmoke wafting in the breeze. The crisp fresh air growing cooler as the sun...
27 Jul Beauty is in the Eye of the Creator
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[caption id="attachment_16732" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Photo by Septian Simon on Unsplash[/caption] “Why am I so ugly?” I said to woman in the mirror. Then I kicked myself (figuratively) because I know. I know I ought never to say things like that. Not out loud. Not even silently to myself. I’m...
13 Oct Unpacking Motherhood
“When we have kids, I hope they answer adults when they speak to them.” “Me, too.” I nodded. And I silently believed we would have complete control over this. I thought we would have well-behaved children. After all, we had been well-behaved children, ourselves....
22 Sep Why We Don’t Homeschool (Right Now)
I’ve come a long way in my schooling journey. Almost full circle. Years ago, when my oldest child was younger than school age, I fully intended to send her to school when the time came. I had a lot of reasons for this, but a...
11 Aug Today is the Day
I’ve spent so much of my life looking ahead. Pressing on to the bend in the road—the next goal, the next project. In some ways, that’s okay. It’s good to plan for the future and look forward to the life ahead of us. But for...
06 Mar What I’m Into: February 2016
If you’ve been reading my blog, you know we had a rough start to 2016. I’m still struggling and grieving, but also making progress and embracing joy. It’s been a long time since I’ve linked up with Leigh Kramer for “What I’m Into.” February was a...
22 Oct Kick that Guilty Habit!
She arrived home from school and the badgering began. “When are you going to send that form in? There are only two other people in my class who haven’t sent it in yet. You have to do it by...
24 Sep What we’re doing about school this year . . .
School has been in session for weeks now and my mind has been all over the place regarding our schooling decisions this year. Camilla started third grade at a small Christian school at the end of August. Adrian is staying home for Kindergarten. Evangeline is...