One of my favorites quotes, penned by Catherine Price in her book The Power of Fun, goes like this: “We can’t control the fact that we will die. But we…
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Growing up in small-town Iowa, I was close to my grandmother. Our relationship, however, was far from a textbook version. Instead of learning how to bake pies, decorate cookies, or…
Last month I attended a presentation for moms. While most of the talk was inspiring, I left fighting an itch to ascend my own soapbox. I jotted a few notes…
I’ve got this memory from last Christmas, evening of the 25th, kids asleep, commotion stopped, and me sitting with this feeling of complete exhaustion. Not the welcomed type of tired…
Editor’s note: This is a guest post from Ellie Roscher, author of 12 Tiny Things. About a year ago, a coach told me, “You are really good at loving people. That is…
During this year of COVID, like many families, we ventured into the world of homeschooling. It’s not what we had planned for our 7-year-old daughter, but, given the uncertainty that…