Clik here to view.
Of Conductors and Worldview: A Trip to the Orchestra
My two oldest children and I attended a Coffee Concert series with the Florida Orchestra twice over the last few weeks. I love to visit the orchestra. It reminds me of dance classes in younger years;...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Twelve Books to Celebrate Easter with Your Family
It can be easy to leap into spring planning for a break from school and work and eagerly seeking the signs of a new season: dogwood blooms, azaleas, buttercups, and iris’. Next thing we know, Holy Week...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Mama, You Do You
Driving in our new to us minivan with all four kids this week, I had a thought strike me. In the midst of our current audiobook, Ember Rising: The Green Ember, Book 3, babies bantering with one...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Foster Care: What I Wish I Knew
Several years have slipped by since I first penned a letter to my younger self concerning foster care. (Read here.) During that six year period, I have had many people in the process of foster care...
View ArticleClik here to view.
What’s Your Perspective On Change?
Moving out of my college sorority dorm was the second indication of how I handle change. Moving in may have been the first. I vividly remember my excitement about starting as a freshman at Auburn...
View ArticleClik here to view.
15 Cherished Christmas Chapter Books
Don’t you love a wonderful Christmas story? The kind that offers peace, hope, and good will towards men? Me too! Following is a list of my 15 most cherished Christmas chapter books to read aloud to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Ten Children’s Book Illustrators You Should Know: Barbara Cooney
Picture books aren’t merely for the youngest children in our homes, they are for young and old alike. Over the next two months I will highlight ten of my favorite picture book illustrators, a few of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Christians and a COVID Christmas
When the wise men traveled to see the Messiah they were entertained by King Herod who played the part of a fellow honor giver but whose real intentions were to crush any opposition to his rule. This...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Fear Not: COVID Christmas Part 2
Last week just after posting Christians and a COVID Christmas my family drove surrounding neighborhoods to look at Christmas lights. We hadn’t driven long when we came upon a house I will never...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Banned Books, Cancel Culture, and Home Libraries
In A Thomas Jefferson Education by Oliver Van DeMille, the author presents the concept of a national book. A national book is something that almost everyone in the nation accepts as a central truth....
View Article
