Lessons in Love Journal Entry Two: Humility

Humility is something we ALL struggle to find. There are some days, most, really, where I have to dig really deep past my pride to find it. And in the mundane, crazy, mind-numbing redundancy of parenthood our kids have a way of bringing that particular monster to the surface. One of the easiest things to…

Homeschool Hygge

  I feel like I've been living under a rock, apparently, since it's only been very recently that I've learned anything about this new hygge buzzword. In case you've been living under the same rock as I have, I'm happy to educate you on this simple little word that I have been trying to live…

Blessed Beautiful Mess

"How in the world does the dust collect so fast in this house?!" I wondered aloud, exasperatedly, to myself as I swept all of the dirt and dog hair that had collected on them since yesterday. I'm no queen of clean, but I like to keep our house somewhat clean and tidy to help keep…

Dealing with RADS (reactive attachment disorder)

Exhausting doesn’t begin to scratch the surface of what a normal day in the life of a mom of a RAD child is like. Maddening is a little closer to reality.

Among the Young at Heart

The rain was drizzling outside and the warm breeze rushed through the window; the first hints of Spring on a lazy, Sunday afternoon. The one and only thing I wanted to do was sit, curled up in bed, sip a hot cup of tea and get lost in an old movie, undisturbed. As my fellow…