After Boys #1 and #2 were born, I went back to working full-time. For a year and a half, I even left my house at 5:00 am so I could drive an hour and start working at 6:00. That way I could get off at 3:00 and be home [...]
I hate missing my kids’ activities, as all us moms do. Sunday was one of those days when I had committed to helping my Bible study group cook and serve a meal at church but had to miss Boy #1′s baseball scrimmage to do so.
After serving the meal, I called Husband to see how [...]
I had to share this beautiful sunset I saw on the last day of September. It prompted me immediately to turn my thoughts to the One who can create such beauty . . . and to remember that every day is a gift.
who made the great [...]
Yesterday was my dad’s 71st birthday. Although that sounds really old when I say it, he doesn’t look like he should be in his seventies, nor does he particularly act like it. In fact, just earlier this week he engaged in a rather physical battle with a [...]
Last Thursday I got up at 2:45 AM so I could catch a plane to Asheville, North Carolina, for the first-annual Type A Mom Conference. Now, I wouldn’t get up at that ungodly hour for just any conference, mind you, so I was just hoping [...]
If you don’t already know, I’m in Ashville, North Carolina, at a blogging conference, Type-A Mom. (Which totally, rocks, btw!) Anyways, so while I’m here, life has to go on at home, and it is able to go on with a lot of help from not only Husband, but also Middle Sister and [...]
I grew up with a mom who was a teacher. Now I’m married to a teacher. Oh, yeah, and I used to be a teacher myself. So obviously I understand how hard teachers work—and how much of their own money they spend on their classrooms, while not earning the [...]
Don’t forget to enter my contest before Thursday night! I’m giving away a copy of The Lucky Escape! from the Human Body Detectives series. CD and workbook included! Your kids will love it—guaranteed! And for moms of boys out there—it even describes farting and pooping! What could be more interesting to boys?
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