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Each new school year splashes the harsh evidence in my mama face: My kiddos are growing up. My time with them at home is short. The new {bigger} clothes, new {bigger} books and new {bigger} [...]

Sun hats and soccer snacks: the season switch Three soccer games each Saturday morning – that is going to take some getting used to. In between first games one and two, I look down to see [...]

Some cautioned me about getting a puppy. “It’s a huge commitment!” they said. “It is like adding a child to the family!” they warned … but you can’t lock your child in a pen and leave the house. [...]

I was cherishing time at my parents’ home – sweet scents, comfort food and three generations laughing together. Like usual, World News blared in the background. When, “new successful cancer [...]

The Poe Gnome School is back in session; and since this is my first year blogging, and because this is a major facet of my life, I thought I’d introduce us. We’ve been homeschooling since … well, [...]

“Learning, pondering, searching, and memorizing scriptures is like filling a filing cabinet with friends, values, and truths that can be called upon anytime, anywhere in the world,” said Richard [...]

My Peter Pan prodigies have been putting on Pan plays for years – always with vigor and vim and ever-essential imaginations. We’ve read J.M. Barrie’s classic, watched the play, seen the movie(s) [...]