Category: family life
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My Daughters Aren’t So Little Anymore {Review/Giveaway}
Lindsey was nearly 15 years old when I became her mom. She was already wearing makeup, coloring her hair, shaving her legs, and dealing with periods. I wasn’t there for any of that. I couldn’t teach her about those things and help guide her through those milestones. There have been many areas where we’ve had…
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Vintage summertime recipe for kids
When I made my recipe binder, I consolidated my cookbooks, getting rid of most of them. But I kept a 1979 PTA fund-raising cookbook from my elementary school; it’s so old now it’s vintage cool. 😉 That was back when I looked like this as I headed off to school with my Star Wars lunch…
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Learning what mothering really is
For almost three years now, I’ve mothered Lindsey. I’ve cooked meals + washed clothes + set up dentist appointments + driven her to activities + made her clean her room + took care of her when she was sick. Lindsey knew she missed out in her early years on some of what a mother does,…
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The day God gave me an elephant.
Thinking again about Africa and the mission trip I took in 2009 to Botswana and South Africa with a group from my church. …………………………………. I never would have expected to go to Africa. The trip, the people — the whole experience — was a gift. It’s a long way to Africa, and we didn’t know…
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Our Week: Kites, a Picnic, & the Military Ball
All is well in our homeschool: nothing new, really, but no big bumps in the road either. We’re just plugging along pleasantly through the next month and a half til we’re done with this school year. We are, however, considering the possibility of moving to a year round schedule with something along the lines of…