One of the Preschooler’s favorite things to do on her at-home days is to go out to lunch. There’s a pizza place just down the road from us that she especially likes, so sometimes we’ll go there for a late lunch. Last week on a particularly dreary day, she insisted on bringing “friends” along in…
When I was in high school and early college, there was a group of people five to ten years older than me that I looked up to in my home church. And, a handful of people from that group really became something of mentors to me. They served as leaders in my youth group and…
We’ve been stuck inside a bit too much this week which means the girls have gotten into paint, play-doh, make-up… and quite a few arguments. But, in between sibling squabbles, they have spent some quality time playing together. And, times like this remind me that ever so often I like to check in with our…
Fairly routinely the girls like to stir up conversations about mine or the Spouse’s childhood. It amuses them to think about what it was like growing up in the days before smartphones, iPads, and on-demand television. So, last week I was talking to them about how my early childhood TV was a huge piece of…