Parenting

Dirty Little Fairies

I must have seemed confused when Violet asked me to line them up. I eyed the dolls and their wings and their pointed toes and said “sweetie, fairies fly”. Sophia looked at me with disdain and said, “hey mom, just open their legs up all the way and then they can sit. That’s the only [...]

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How Can We Prevent Bullying? Start with Our Own Children.

Small children experience bullying. Childhood bullies are as common as childhood friends, often, in my opinion, because the issue is not taken seriously at a young age. Image Credit: Safe Network Perhaps we think our children are simply fighting back, or learning to stick up for themselves. Perhaps we think kids will be kids and [...]

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Doodle Me with Love

I have been doodling since I was a small child. While my life has changed immensely since my youth my escape in colors and shapes on paper has remained constant. My lines have matured but the visions in my head have not changed much over the years. I find comfort in these drawings, in the [...]

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Thoughts on Time and Intentional Love

I want to share an email I received from my father. My father writes these thought filled emails to his friends throughout the world. He was a minister while I was growing up and now works to renew Classical Education in America as the founder of Cambridge Advisory. He has never been without words and [...]

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Every Mom is a Hero

Being a mother is an incredible experience. Motherhood is full of precious moments and amazing experiences but it is also one of the most difficult jobs in the world. Mothers wrap their children in love from the moment they are born and with our hearts full, we experience the full range of human emotion as [...]

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