Six. It’s the age of the beginning of true boyhood. When the chubbiness that still clung to toddlerhood, preschool, and kindergarten is finally shed. Six is long, lean, and sturdy-limbed. It is tall, gap-toothed, and and ever-hungry. It is inquisitive, creative, imaginative, and risk-taking. It seems just yesterday my boys were born, thrusting me into…
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…
I’ve over at iBelieve.com today writing about the power of empathy. Come join me? (Image credit: ibelieve.com)
Well, it’s taken a few weeks longer than I wanted to post pictures from the boys’ 5th birthday, but I guess that’s what happens when life is busy with camping trips, re-hauling this blog, and birthdays galore around here. It’s hard to fathom it’s been five years since my little buddies were born. Each of…
Mother’s Day weekend was a busy one. Friday night the boys’ had their homeschool co-op presentation. That consisted of them singing two songs. Well, maybe not actually singing. One kind of sang–very timidly–looking like he might cry, while the other one looked around and counted the house lights. They also had their artwork from the year…
