Category: reading life
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10 All-Time Favorite Books
Tricia from Hodgepodge challenged me to share my ten favorite books of all time. So I’m doing it — but really, how can anyone pick just ten? It’s like walking into a room of good friends and having to pick only ten you really like best. I gave myself a few rules: no staring at…
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13+ Books for Teens (and tweens)
With a teen whose reading level has been in the high-school range way before she was a teen, it’s been hard to find age-appropriate books that aren’t ridiculously beneath her reading level and therefore, boring. When we do find books that pass muster, we have to share! These are all highly recommended by Kathryn (soon…
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Living simply, chasing dreams
I have a hard time allowing myself the luxury of impractical thoughts. I squash them before they have the tiniest chance to ferment and grow into something. Until this summer, during all my time on the porch, I hadn’t even realized this is something I do. It’s a wretched habit. I’m slowly teaching myself to…
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Worth Reading: my latest book recommendations
I go in spurts with reading. When I have a bunch of other things going on, I neglect my stack o’ books, but then read one right after another. Sometimes I have more than one book going at a time: maybe a nice little fiction novel, something Bible studyish, perhaps something related to homeschooling, and…
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Parenting: When to talk to kids about sex?
As parents of kids ranging up to married-and-could-give-us-grandkids age, we’ve been there, done that when it comes to talking to our kids about sex. Sure, it’s awkward — but we’re naive to think someone else won’t talk to them about it if we the parents don’t bring up the subject. With a teen girl and…