When I was 16, my parents bought a small vacation cabin in Central Vermont. At the time, it provided our family a place to stay when we visited my Dad’s parents who lived in a little home of their own nearby. In the years since, that little cabin has become so much more. It is…
I’ve always loved Fall! I didn’t realize just how much I looked forward to the change from Summer to Fall each year, until we moved to Florida. After 11 years in Jacksonville with no beautifully-colored Fall leaves, no piles for the kids to jump into, no crisp Autumn days, we moved to Northern Virginia. I…
Memory is a funny thing: It’s 2:00 am. I am awakened by a ringing. Coming out of the fog of sleep, I realize it’s the phone. I double-check the time, and sigh. It has to be my brother, and it has to mean another crisis…. he doesn’t call any other time. I answer and hear…
A wedding anniversary is the celebration of love, trust, partnership, tolerance and tenacity. The order varies for any given year. ~Paul Sweeney In an age where the vow “to have and to hold from this day forward… until death do us part” holds less and less meaning, I am grateful for the example of my…
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. Proverbs 22:6 As homeschooling parents, we work endlessly to ensure our children master the basics of reading, mathematics, and grammar. We allow caterpillars to live in jars on our counter tops and build pyramids…
It’s Happy Hour at Starbucks: half-price Frappuccino blended beverages from 3:00 and 5:00 pm daily through May 16th! I know a certain six-year-old who will indeed be happy when he hears this! Yes, that’s right, a six-year-old! My six-year-old! I was never much of a coffee drinker. In fact, I didn’t drink it at all……