How Do We Find Hope at the Intersection of Love and Faith?
Life is full of ups, downs, ins, outs and sometimes sideways events. When life is scary it makes grief and loss more up and in your face. “I don’t want to do this without my person and this is all…
3 Astounding Confessions from a Mom’s Return to “Normal Life”
Parenting through a pandemic is interesting to say the least. I never intended to home school my children and yet we spent the entire last school year in a virtual school bubble. We spent 18 months or so keeping our…
My Prayer for the New School Year
The 20-21 School Year approaches and tension runs high. We are faced with loads of questions and very few answers. Parents, students, teachers, administrators all face new uncharted waters. We are going to need grace, empathy, and resilience to help…
What is the Right Decision for our Children?
By my last count, it has been 136 days since my children entered a school building. We muddled our way through our first round of pandemic online schooling. Now we are facing the 20-21 school year wondering how it will…
The Ups, Downs, Ins, and Outs of Pandemic Schooling
On March 13th, 2020, our school was closed last minute so teachers could discuss and make plans for distance learning in case it became necessary due to COVID-19. Here we are two months later, in-classroom school is canceled for the…
Days in Isolation – Birthdays are NOT Cancelled
As we practice social distancing in an attempt to flatten the curve of the COVID-19 pandemic, we need to find new ways to do “normal”. Our first test came on March 20th as our sweet and sassy seven year old…
Grace for the Resistant (aka Forced) Home Schooler
So here we are forced into “social distancing” by a terrible virus. If we can’t be social, it means are kids cannot go to school. How many people are feeling panicked? I know it is scary. For those of us…
Celebrating the Season of Advent
**This post contains affiliate links, which help us fund our site at no additional cost to you. The Christmas season is full of hustle and bustle. Everywhere you turn there are lights, decorations, Santa Clause, and Christmas elves. It is…
Passing on Family Traditions – My First Thanksgiving
Family traditions are the back bone of our holidays. As a child, I always knew what to expect from any given holiday. I knew where it was going to be held, what the menu would be, and who would be…
