I’ve blogged for the past four years. I loved everything about blogging–meeting new people, penning my heart and mind, and every now and then, putting a facelift on my blog template. So, after my previous provider site crashed, I should be excited about this new venture, right? Well, I’m still trying to get there. I […]
Saying “yes” to something new
The youngest, a 2nd grader, is embracing what is, in her mind, her biggest challenge yet—cursive handwriting (name covered below to protect the innocent). I remember my own experience with cursive writing in elementary school; in fact, Handwriting was my first “B.” Fast-forwarding many, many years, I can remember that the oldest began writing […]
1st Semester Progress Report (pt. 2)
Picking up where I left off, I think the gap filler between where I am with the youngest and where I want to be is a planner. Lisa(?) Hobar of Mystery of History once described the inverse relationship between time spent with your child and the amount of planning needed. If you imagine an X […]
1st Semester Progress Report (pt. 1)
I am not sure that I could capture well all that has happened in the last two weeks, friends, but I do hope to document the highlights over the last 1-2 weeks. After all, this blog is the chronicles of our family. The older two were drafted volunteered to help our church children’s ministry with […]
The Discomforting Thing about Being Comfortable
Earlier today, my adult students and I were dialoguing about word choices and the response that certain words and phrases trigger within us. My response of the day was guilty pleasure, triggered by two words: comfort food. According to Wikipedia, the term “comfort food” was first used in 1977. It ‘refers to foods consumed to […]