But, Mom, you helped ME this morning
It was one of those mornings. Making school lunches, signing permission slips, trying to figure out the after school agenda, calculating rides home, trying to arrange doctors appointments. There was a middle school gathering/Halloween party/dance-ish event that my kid...
About that new double three-ring zipper binder
The other day, during a break at school where I was working as a substitute teacher, I got a call from my sixth grade son Gus, who was home from school as he had had three teeth removed. My husband took him as I had to work, and I was feeling really badly that I had...
Find Reasons to Celebrate
My son Augustin who is in middle school had his last cross country race yesterday and I wanted to have my older two kids, the twins, there to cheer him on. So I mentioned to them and they at first seemed lukewarm about the idea. Until my husband announced we’d be...
Mom, can we just go alone?
The other day, my twins, still 16, were heading out for their co-ed soccer game “Under the Lights,’ which means they were going to get to play where the regular competitive school soccer teams play, the ones who compete against the other high school varsity and...
I run at my own pace
I tried to join The Nester for 31 Days of blogging on one topic for the month of October but tech issues got in my way, and now it is too late. But, I've wanted to write for 31 days about my Philosophy of Parenting. What it means to be a mom, how I parent, what I base...
Kids and Electronics: Bring back boredom
I was at a recent soccer game for my 11-year-old son on a bright sunny early fall day. All of the parents are lined up in a row, watching the game. One mom stood out as had two of her younger children with her watching the game. Only, the two younger siblings, maybe...
How rescuing wild birds inspired Melissa Hart’s maternal instinct- Oregonian Books story
The prologue to Melissa Hart's new memoir "Wild Within: How Rescuing Owls Inspired a Family" is written by Brian Doyle, who describes his lifelong obsession with birds of prey and is shocked to "discover that there are people who couldn't care less about the clan of...
Christal Tanks set to share at November Writers Connection Nov. 20, 2014
Christal Tanks set to share at November Writers Connection Nov. 20, 2014 at 7 pm at Rolling Hills Community Church. Christal is the author of two books, a speaker, and part of the God Crazy Freedom series. Writers Connection meets the third Thursday (or Mondays) of...
Writers Connection Oct. 16 -Engage with Radically Normal author Josh Kelley at October gathering
The author of the Harvest House recently-published book Radically Normal, written by Josh Kelley, is the guest speaker at our next Writers Connection, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2014, starting at 7 pm. All are welcome to this free event for creatives, writers, story-tellers,...
Parents Addicted to Technology: Guilty as charged
The other night after dinner when all the kids scattered in their various directions, I grabbed my cell phone to do a quick check of email. One email sends me to a website and that website sends me to twitter which sends me to another website and then of course, I...
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