We have a tree problem this year. After much debate about where to get one and how large it should be, we set up a live tree in the front room of our house. It leans a little and sheds a lot, but it smells divine and has a fullness to it that makes up for our Charlie Brown tree of Christmas 2018. … [Read more...]
A Mary Christmas
A few years ago I had a shopping shenanigan with my youngest child that always makes me re-think the fast pace I try to maintain during the Christmas season. I was trying to cram in a quick Target run before picking the older two girls up from school. We ran in the store, loaded our cart full of a … [Read more...]
FaceTime
This week my middle daughter's 5th grade class is having a technology-free week at school. They're discussing how technology is a wonderful servant but a terrible master. On Monday they had "FaceTime" where they paired up with a partner, sat up straight, looked him/her in the eye, and discussed what … [Read more...]
Road trip
By the time this posts I'll be en route to Nashville for a writing conference. Even just typing that sentence makes me feel a little presumptuous. Wouldn't my time be better spent at a parenting conference? A cooking class? A spiritual retreat? Maybe so. But it's been almost ten years {my oldest two … [Read more...]
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