Emily Scott, Author at Her View From Home

If It’s Been a Tough Year, Know You’re Not Alone

This was supposed to be an amazing year. It began with an optimistic to-do list and lots of achievable goals. We were going to get so much…

Life moves on. As well it should. But for your friend dealing with the grief of a miscarriage, or failed marriage, or loss of a family member, life…

Our two oldest kids are like night and day. Sometimes I wonder how they can be related. Child #1 is easy-going. She rarely gets into trouble and…

As our oldest child’s birthday nears closer I find myself looking back at pictures from her birth. I see the young, new mom in the pictures who is…

About a year and a half ago, our washing machine flooded the laundry room. I was rushing out the door to get our kids to swimming lessons and walked…

Dear Santa, You can expect letters from our children any day now. They have known what they wanted to ask you for since July. So that makes my job a…

My name is Emily, and I am a people pleaser. Until I had a daughter who looked up to and mimicked me, I never saw the problem with this. But when I…

Homework. I’m sure many parents have a love-hate relationship with it. Or even more of a hate-relationship with it. Our daughter has her first year…

Another morning of begging our kindergartener and our preschooler to eat something before school. Another morning of rushing to get dressed. Another…

Here we sit. Our 5-year-old daughter on the arm of the couch (which in her mind is a sailboat), singing her heart out. Our 3-year-old son running…