Make: Zucchini bread, slathered with cream cheese. Trying to use up last year’s frozen goodness to make room for this year’s garden bounty. Listen: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is my new book club book and I’m listening to it on audiobook while packing, packing, packing. It’s an engaging story of racial tensions, bioethics,…
This winter I found myself in a bit of a low place. I often lost patience with the kids and was not disciplining effectively because of that. I would then feel guilty, ask forgiveness, try to start over. It seemed like a cycle with no end in sight. Homeschooling was harder and more draining than…
Growing up, the worst thing my mom could do was take away the privilege of being able to listen to my “shows.” Every evening I was captivated by Moody Broadcasting’s Adventures from the Bookshelf and Stories of Great Christians. The first was a dramatized retelling of children’s novels, like The Sugar Creek Gang or Treasures of the…
I love Valentine’s Day. I love it because growing up my mom made it special, and so I love making it special for my kids too. I also love the fact that there’s no real “right” way to celebrate it. No need to travel or buy gifts. Just a fun day to brighten up winter…
And now, for my non-fiction reads . . . Grace for the Good Girl: Letting Go of the Try-Hard Life – Emily Freeman** This book was good. I didn’t completely identify with Freeman, but I am a pull-myself-up-from-my-bootstraps type of girl when I’m in-default mode. So I can identify with being a “good girl” and…
