Living, Learning & Always Writing
I have numerous memories of kindergarten and they are mostly positive. Coloring, circle time on the ABC letters, cardboard bricks to build with, making a paper chain to count down the days until Christmas… And the letter people. Did anyone else do the letter people? I still have my book and took a picture of one of the pages for this post. I loved doing the letter people. Kindergarten...
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I mentioned in a recent post discussion that I was thinking about doing an exercise in failure. I was inspired by Sara Blakely, the founder of Spanx, who became the youngest self-made female billionare ever. I saw an interview in which she discussed that every day her dad would ask her and her brother at supper what they had failed at that day. She said she was always excited to share what she...
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I have a theory about families who don’t have a television in their home. If I were a betting gal, I would be willing to wager a large amount of money that there is one demographic that is largely underrepresented. It would be introverted parents with an extroverted child. In fact, I think it is virtually impossible for introverted parents with an extroverted only child to be a television...
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As we head into the home stretch, I’ve been reflecting on our homeschool experience this year. To say it has been interesting would be an understatement. I’ve reminded myself of three things over and over again. One, Caroline is young and would be one of the youngest children in her class in a regular school. Two, Caroline reads well for a young kindergartener. Three, kindergarten is...
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A few weeks ago I wrote Reflections on Fifteen Years of Marriage. I wrote it about the same time Sarah wrote In which [love looks like] a mirror of the mystery. It was a beautiful post about being blessed with a good marriage. She followed it up with In which I apoligise for yesterday’s post after feeling that perhaps it hurt people’s feelings. While I’m not one to argue if...
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Am I the only one who semi-regularly thinks about disconnecting from the internet and going to all cash? Seriously. These kinds of things are just creepy beyond words. How Companies Learn Your Secrets The internet and social media really are serious addictions and threats to our personal freedom from which very few will break free. Photo...
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And neither are you. Does that statement bother you? A few weeks ago I ran across an older article from Christianity Today entitled The Myth of the Perfect Parent: Why the best parenting techniques don’t produce Christian children. It’s been on the back burner as we’ve gone through a couple of different viruses and a trip out of town. But Amy writing Like junior high, we hope...
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Yesterday David and I celebrated our fifteenth anniversary. In light of that, I’ve been trying to think of something meaningful to write about marriage. Some women can write these flowery posts about how their marriage is a dance or whatever and I’m just not that kind of writer. I am, however, a consummate list maker so here are fifteen random things from our marriage… 1. I am...
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Whenever we are out and about during the day someone will inevitably say something to Caroline about school. They will ask her what grade she is in, if she likes school, does she miss school during Christmas vacation, etc. She’s still young enough (kindergarten) that she’s never completely certain how to answer. I simply say, “We homeschool so….” and then pass the...
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Welcome to my new home on the web! I’m still adding things so the site is far from finished, but I decided it was put together enough to invite my online friends to come on over. (My next ebook is on overcoming perfectionism and I’m practicing what I preach!) But overall I’m loving the fresh, new feel. I’ve pre-loaded the site with some new entries so there is hopefully a...
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