This Summer, The World
In June, the book Give Your Child the World by Jamie Martin, was released. It is a fantastic resource for finding books for children about cultures and different areas of the world. It is essentially a...
View ArticleTreasure Hunts and Flower Dissection
We trudged through swamps and had crocodiles snap at our heels. We squealed as we ran through a tiger-infested jungle. We shivered through a snowstorm, tiptoed through a cave, and discovered treasure...
View ArticleBorn Silent
With his birth, I came undone. The final pushes were frantic and seemed impossible. The umbilical cord was wrapped around his neck and he had meconium in his mouth. He was born silent. The months prior...
View ArticleInvestigation and Adventures
“Let’s go on an adventure walk!” Plum yells enthusiastically. We’ve dubbed our time in nature as explorations; finding leaves and rocks are akin to finding treasures. Stopping a hundred times while...
View ArticleBook Bags and Rain Puddles
This has been a typical, unpredictable autumn in the Midwest. The temperature going from that perfectly crisp fall day to hot and sunny. Then two days later, we’re bundling in jackets and rainboots....
View ArticleBeneath the Surface of Anger
Anger was there long before I recognized it. It took me by surprise when I finally noticed it. Perhaps if I had seen it sooner, it would have only been a small blemish. But because it had gone on for...
View ArticleThe Bigness of Small Moments
For me, it was fifteen minutes. To her, it was the whole day. She talked of snowbugs, made-up insects with a long stinger, three legs, five eyes, and two wings. She drew a picture of one. “Her name is...
View ArticleThe Most Important Interruptions
I love resolutions. Goals. Planning. I want to see what is ahead and go forward in a prepared manner. I love the fresh start, the clean piece of paper. I have so many resolutions swarming in my mind....
View ArticleThe Gifts We Bring
For Christmas I gave my daughter a dollhouse. My dollhouse. My grandfather – Pa, as we call him – built the two-story house in his workshop nearly thirty years ago. He painted it green to match my...
View ArticleThe Lovely Truth of You
I have this temptation to compare myself to other moms. I know I’m not alone in this. My weakness in comparing usually doesn’t lie in desiring the material items or physical attributes of others. My...
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