How was your morning? Were you curled up in a big, comfy chair, sipping a cup of tea and having some quiet time? …while you ate a scone? …in your fluffy robe? No? Me neither. In fact, sometimes I think the image of a woman resting like that is a fable. Well, maybe not for […]
Today is Thursday- in the midst of weekday work. You may have woken up with a groan, forced yourself out of bed for yet another day, weary from being up a few times through the night to help a little one. It just seems to go on and on, doesn’t it? We can’t punch out […]
Well, if you are reading this post, you likely have a child who has a hard time focusing on things. Now, I first want to remind us all that EVERY child has a bit of a hard time focusing. It’s a physical thing. Their minds are developing, and they are taking in sights, sounds, and […]
I love gardening metaphors. They really help us understand some of the challenges we face as parents. You know…our home is the garden; we are the gardeners tending it; the fruit coming out of the garden is our children; the fertilizer is..well, you can’t take metaphors too far. I’ll have to think on that one. […]
I remember several years ago having a conversation with one of my children about doing his schoolwork. He said, “Mom, I’m not smart enough to do this.” Mentally, I took off my “Teacher” hat and put on a “Cheerleader” hat. “Of course you are smart enough. It just takes practice and some more time. Here, […]
From the moment our children are born, we do it. “How much did your baby weigh?” “When did she start to roll over?” “My child can say over 30 words, and he is only 6 months old!” Well, it is natural to want to know how everyone else is doing. It gives us some benchmarks […]
I bumped into an old friend from high school over the holidays. We hadn’t seen each other in decades, so we began catching up. “What are you doing with yourself?” she asked. I paused. Then I began, “Well, I’m a stay-at-home homeschool mom…” I didn’t stop there; I felt I had to continue, “…but before […]
This time of year, I try to assess my household schedule. I always seem to come up short, too. At the beginning of the school year I have plans to stay on top of my household cleaning, meal preparation (I will incorporate at least two crock pot meals and a vegetarian meal into our menu […]
Now that Christmas is over, there is something inside me that clicks, making me want to clean, declutter and re-organize everything. I continue to repeat, “Do we really need this?” to my kids, or “Are we using this?” to my husband. As we begin to put away the Christmas decorations and find homes for new […]
Don’t you love waking up and realizing that the whole day is ahead of you? It is a great design that God gives to us: a new start each day, a fresh beginning. If you are remembering yesterday as a day filled with incomplete tasks or things said out of frustration, know that you can […]