Making a house a home-y home — How I Mom 30/30
We bought a new house and we will be moving next month. I cannot believe it. After 29 years in our current home, we will be moving away from the only home our children have known. I. Cannot. Believe. It. I have not written about it yet in this space nor in...
Parenting with mercy and grace — How I Mom 29/30
When I was in fifth grade in Germany with my family, my Oma on my dad’s side wanted me to eat a certain lunchmeat from the “kids’” table. Yeah, they had a table with food for the kids and a separate table with food for adults. I wanted the food from the adult table....
What going to a concert reminded me of — How I Mom 28/30
Tonight my husband and I attended the Over The Rhine concert at the Aladdin Theater with our friends from church. Over the Rhine is a husband-wife folk music duo that has released dozens of albums since forming as a band almost 30 years ago. Their story-telling music...
Remember, They’ll Remember — How I Mom 27/30
My daughter for Christmas one year gave me a framed poem collage with words and photos crafted out of magazine cutouts. The title of the poem was “Mom Living” or maybe it was just “Mom” as I look at it again. She wrote: My Mom is the light of my life She makes me feel...
Cook and bake with your kids — How I Mom 26/30
Have your kids prep meals with you. It may not seem like an important thing to do, but it is. It’s the everyday ordinary extraordinary real life being home together in a family, being part of what makes your family a family, and I believe one of the most important...
One day they’ll be off at school and we will miss the noise — How I Mom 25/30
Oh my goodness that smile. . . The laughter, the fun, the sweetness, the craziness, the wild, the singing, the teasing, the chaos, the clanging, the clapping, the noise. Yep, it’s all there... and then they sit on the couch doing homework ...before leaving for school...
Be part of your neighborhood- How I Mom 24/30
On an amazing fall day in between prepping for family gatherings, I got outside for a Bike ride. I rode near the river and through the woods and inside of parks and a stone's throw from the lake, and I stop by to see my friends Doug and Diane who were just finishing...
Traditions keep our kids connected to family — How I Mom 23/30
Every year since we were first married, my husband and I and his family have gone the day after Thanksgiving to the Mt. Hood National Forest to get our real Christmas tree. When I say, “real” I mean real live tree from the real woods. We purchase buy our $5 permit at...
Honor Holidays with family and friends gatherings — How I Mom 22/30
Holidays together as a family means the world to me, and keeping family a priority and keeping your family close and it’s not perfect and it’s sometimes messy and it takes effort and you have to work at it and you want everyone to be close and you want all to be well...
Carving out individual time with our kids — How I Mom 21/30
I was talking to my niece Renate from Germany when she and her family were visiting us last month, and we had some conversations about parenting; she is a new mom to her little Florentine, who is 7 months old. We discussed parenting and motherhood; I can see she...
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