nature

Hey there chickadees …. Do we really need all that fluff? These pretty little creatures, flying with all they can manage to carry, back and forth, back and forth, have captured our attention. [...]

“Men are that we might have joy.” Right? So, I want to share an unexpected, joyful MOMent … in fact, I rank it as the No. 1 joyful MOMent in my 2018 so far! It all starts with a seven-year-old [...]

“Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch [...]

  The world is looking more colorful right about now. Blossoms and blooms in their vivacious variety are raising up and giving glory to God. They seem to escape from the dirt and darkness to [...]

A love note appeared on my bathroom counter last week. It read, “I’m soooo thankful you’re my mom.” I instinctively smiled wide … and then wrote back. The next time I came to the bathroom a new [...]

My Number 1 goal as a homeschooling teacher is to instill a love of learning in my children. I hope they will want to learn … to actually love the learning process. My Number 1 goal as a mother [...]

My visiting teachers schedule appointments with me strictly to see my children – at least, that’s what my children think.  When the ladies arrive, the girls run to the door for hugs and hellos, [...]

A single pink pearl … a salmon egg. It is small, fragile and without fish form … yet it holds the potential to become king. A king salmon. A chinook. The life cycle of this fish is incredible and [...]

In just one season, that sunflower burst 10 feet tall! The original small seed, the one cradled in my palm just months before, sprinted skyward. In the process, it developed a thick stalk and an [...]

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} [...]