Spring rains are never such a dulcet melody as when they follow a cold, harsh winter. And spring joys are never as rich as moments spent planning this summer’s garden. Although our first New England winter was beautiful, and most days were graced with a fresh white powder making everything magically new again, I will admit I was relieved […]
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Yeah, it can be downright hard being a mom. Moms of young ones are always exhausted and certain that their feeble attempts to raise little ones will somehow collapse in failure one day. Moms of middle schoolers are continually wondering if they’re doing “enough.” And moms of teens somedays forget that they care about this
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I often realize I’m not listening. I need to make a conscience effort to really listen. But I’ve learned that I could never answer the question, “How can my child make money?” if I didn’t first listen. Really listen. I always have too much on my mind. Maybe that’s to be expected, since I homeschool
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Bittersweet. Summer’s final breath. Boxes, a mini fridge, and baking pans neatly stacked in her van. An exuberant college Junior ready to return to friends and professors and her life, apart from me. This time of year always reminds me that amidst my feelings of sad separation spring joyous pride and immense gratefulness that God helped me
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I was not ready to pry my fingers off of our family’s sublime summer experiences and box them away as memories. I’m not saying it was an easy summer. In fact, as we ushered in May, we were homeless, with all of our belongings in 3 vehicles and 3 different storage units scattered in a 60-mile-perimeter triangle
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A fascination with creation will never grow old. A child will be mesmerized by creation for a lifetime if they are immersed in nature investigations at a young age. She, 15 short years ago, became entranced by a caterpillar inching its way along our patio. By the age of three, she had a butterfly-themed birthday and become
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It was our first garden on our new homestead and we needed to learn how to deter the deer from dining on our veggies. The corn was getting just tall enough to offer real promise of delicious August meals. And the tomatoes were the size of bright green golf balls, starting to show hints of
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Discovering Cookie was a huge excitement on our little New England farm last month. The next gray tree frog sighting was just as monumental, albeit, well a Crumb of a Cookie… He was amazingly docile and calm, only jumping out of her hand a few times but, for the most part, letting her hold him and
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So your kid might wanna start a blog? Read on for inspiration. Scroll to the bottom for 3 tips that will enable to you help your child start blogging like a pro. You’ll love this post too–> Secrets to encouraging your child as an entrepreneur On hot summer afternoons when I was 11, I would
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Watching a daughter make homemade pizza in our beehive oven tonight reminded me of something… But before I tell you about that, I should explain that my sourdough pizza crust recipe is right here. While this post is really about all about how to encourage our children to discover what they’re passionate about, our family’s
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