It's been a long time since I participated in Five Minute Friday, but I'm glad I'm able to do so today! If you've never been part of Five Minute Friday, please join us! It's an encouraging group of writers, and I know you'd be a wonderful part of it. Today's word is "dance." Here goes…... There's a daily dance party in my den. My oldest turns on the music then ...
Talking with Toddlers
Ahh....communicating with kids. Little ones. It can be a challenge, can't it? I realized just this morning that I really don't have "toddlers" any more. I feel kind of like a person peering around the edge of a corner to a whole new world, tentatively stepping forward, knowing there is NO going back. It's scary and amazing. I'm *this* close to having a ...
What if You Make a Mess of Motherhood?
So, I made two of my children cry today and not because they were being sent to bed or denied something they just HAD to have. I made them cry because I made mistakes. First, my son opened the door of our van just a split second before I pushed the button to open it, which then closed it. On his hand. Regardless of the fact there was no way I could have foreseen the ...
10 Ways to Widen Your Worldview
We live in small-town Mississippi so one of the things I have to be intentional about is helping expand my children's worldview. It's easy to forget the big, wide world is out there and tempting to think it's pretty much the same as here (or worse, to think it should be). So, with our homeschool curriculum and with other parts of our lives, we try to make sure they have ...