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Sometimes Life Is Hard
I have been absent from this blog far too long. Our internet was down for two weeks in September, and the very day it started working again, our laptop crashed. Suffice it to say, I have grown...
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Family Game Nights
One thing I love about homeschooling is the freedom to play late night games, any night of the week, that is any night of the week Mommy and Daddy aren’t too exhausted. Playing Rummy Cube at Mom mom...
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This Man
I love Thursdays around here, even though they are really long. We have a home-school co-op that lasts most of the day and then ballet, and we finally arrive home around eight, which happens to be...
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A Farewell
Right after Christmas, our Korean exchange students arrived. I’m sure they felt strange at first, but it didn’t take long till they were one of the boys. The kids made some new friends, and we shared...
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Just Sharing My Thoughts Today
Sometimes the needs of a large family just seem so diverse and vast that I’d like to hit a pause button somewhere just to slow things down a bit. We had to make a few quick decisions for our oldest...
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Another Letter
It had been a long day. The children had not been feeling well. Our teens weren’t in very good moods. Our boys seemed to need so much more to keep them busy than I had to offer even on a good day, and...
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Our Day at The Park
We had a relaxing weekend this Easter. Somehow, that’s what we needed. It was so nice to enjoy the beautiful weather and to just enjoy each other without the structure of a schedule. We went to the...
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Wisdom…And Questions
I used to think I knew a lot. I was confident and educated. My husband had graduated from an Ivy league graduate school. We both spoke fluent french. We both had double majored with our second majors...
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Livi Lou Who
My husband, Mark, wrote this and put it on his Facebook page yesterday. I thought it was so precious that I’d share it here today too. Inspiration hit me at 6:00 this morning, coincidentally after...
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The Face of Redemption
My Facebook page is flooding me with memories of four years ago when we were in China getting our girls. Each picture brings back a sea of feelings that unnerve me. I feel the trauma our daughters...
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