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Dear Dad…
ByHollie(Our travels continue, but the significance of today’s date outweighs the importance of our stories from the road. I’ll wrap those up later this week.) Dear Dad, I can hardly believe that today marks five years since you so abruptly left us. The events of that particular day unfolded so swiftly that it left us…
Male and female he created them…
ByHollie“When women are depressed, they either eat or go shopping. Men invade another country.” Elayne Boosler I’ve been reading a short series of devotions lately on marriage, and the most recent one I read was about how God made men and women different purposefully. I think that’s important to acknowledge. Ironically, on the same…
Here, there, and everywhere…
ByHollieOne of the things I find myself worrying about on a weekly basis is how I balance the hours my children spend at home. I know they need time for imaginative play, rest, interaction, instruction, entertainment, etc. So, most recently, I’ve decided that we’re watching too much television. Granted it’s the dead of winter and…
Beginner’s birdwatching
ByHollieOver the course of September and into early October the First Grader is supposed to be working on a science project where she makes her own field guide for birds. Basically it’s supposed to be a folder where she puts photos {or hand-drawn pictures} of birds in it and writes a brief description of each…
Four
ByHollieDear Preschooler, As the third child, you may wear hand-me-downs and have a blank baby book. But, I’m determined you will at least have a blog post for your birthday. It’s a day late, but let’s not focus on that point… Yesterday you turned four. For several months now you’ve been telling us that you…
Getting to Know “Granddaddy”
ByHollieFor the last couple of weeks I’ve been trying to get our family room put together so we’ll have at least one room that is completely unpacked and homey. In that particular room we have built-in shelves around the fireplace where I’ve been trying to arrange family pictures {gallery style} on the shelves in frames…
