Don’t Worry about Raising Good Humans—Become One Yourself First
If I could go back in time to when I was pregnant with my oldest, the advice I would’ve given…
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If I could go back in time to when I was pregnant with my oldest, the advice I would’ve given…
Continue ReadingMy youngest baby was my only child to go to preschool. It was necessary and heartbreaking. I was so sad…
Continue ReadingDear only child, Life wasn’t supposed to turn out this way. It’s been you and me for almost five years…
Continue ReadingMy son went missing this summer. It was a beautiful day and our whole extended family had rented tubes to…
Continue ReadingDeath is a frequent topic of conversation around our house. Some people think it's morbid, inappropriate, and weird. It's a…
Continue ReadingAs my sons’ dad and I sat across from each other in our first parent-teacher conference of the day, the…
Continue ReadingMy daughter places a paper in front of me on the kitchen counter, looking up at me expectedly. My eyebrows…
Continue ReadingI'm just a mom. I'm not a successful businesswoman. I'm not a well-known writer. I'm not fantastically gifted or exceptionally…
Continue ReadingI'm a mom with a foot in two worlds. One foot is in the homeschool world, and one in public school.…
Continue ReadingWhen you can’t buy the holiday magic, you build it Somehow, it seems like we blinked and the holidays are…
Continue ReadingI reach into the clean clothes, pulling out each damp piece one by one and draping them over my folded…
Continue ReadingAfter another great game of my daughter’s, I posted my celebration and excitement of her online. I thought, "Geez, people…
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