April 3rd, 2011, was a day I’ve been praying for since my beautiful daughter was born, twelve years ago. That was the day Katie declared to the world that Jesus Christ, the Son of God, is the Lord and Savior of her life! “I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are … Continue reading »
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Lost and Found
I know we all misplace things sometimes, but it seems that Katie and Caleb have raised the art of losing stuff to a whole new level. I don’t know if it’s all kids, or just mine. Routinely, they can’t find their homework, their shoes, or their lunch boxes. I give them their allowance and it … Continue reading »
Fighting for the Kids
This morning over breakfast, Caleb turned to me with a serious look on his face and asked, “Do you and Dad ever have fights?” I almost laughed and blurted out, “Of course we do!”, but caught myself. Instead, I tried to give the answer a gravity equal to that with which Caleb had asked the … Continue reading »
Motherhood: The Lesser Known Lectures
By the time I got pregnant with our first child, I considered myself something of an expert on motherly lectures, having been on the receiving end of countless iterations of such classics as “If Everyone Else Jumped Off a Cliff, Would You Do It, Too?” and “This Hurts Me More Than It Hurts You.” I … Continue reading »
Parenting Confession #113: The Candy Basket
It took becoming a parent to realize just how many of the holidays we celebrate every year are top-to-bottom, sugar-encrusted, caramel-coated, nougat-filled candy fests. There’s Halloween, that celebration of extortion and vandalism in which tiny cute people dressed like cartoon characters give you a choice between handing over your Hershey’s Miniatures and cleaning egg off … Continue reading »
A Pox on Thee, Dav Pilkey!
This morning after recess, we took a few minutes out of class time to practice for the talent show. With the big night only two weeks away, the kids have been buzzing with excitement, visions of their own American Idol moments dancing through their heads as we work on our bring-down-the-house kindergarten musical numbers: Magalena … Continue reading »
Crowning the New Spelling Queen
The spelling bee brought together all the private schools in the area. Grade by grade, the spellers stepped forward to sit in a row of cold metal chairs beneath the glaring gymnasium lights. Fourth grade started things off, drawing numbers and sitting in order, nervously fidgeting and kicking their feet while each awaited his moment … Continue reading »
Another Rule I Never Knew I Needed
I knew it wasn’t good news when Teri pulled me aside after the kids came in from lunch recess today. Caleb had gone straight to his desk to color and was acting suspiciously nonchalant, which is a hard look for a five year old to pull off. “There was a little…ah, problem during recess,” she … Continue reading »
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
After sharing a room with his sister for all five years of his life, Caleb is not sure how he feels about having his own bedroom. More to the point, he definitely doesn’t love it that Katie has her own room, a room into which she can retreat at will and close the door on … Continue reading »
M.M.M.*
As a fairly busy full-time homemaker and stay-at-home mom, I often wondered how women who worked for a paycheck by day and cared for a home and family by night ever found the time to do it all. Now that I am a member of the legion of working mothers, I can finally and definitively … Continue reading »
