Why Nature Is a Wellspring and Mainstay in My Children’s Days
My kids and I spend a lot of time outside. Nature has become a mainstay in our family life and has proven to be a wellspring of joy and countless educational op...
Category: THE BIG LESSONS
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Natures Role in Children’s Natural Development; My Memories and Theirs
I remember being six years old living in a log cabin on Texas acres. I remember sitting on the porch watching a lightning storm with my dad. And watching deer a...
Labor on Labor Day: Birth Story
The good thing about titling a post as a “birth story” is only people interested in birth stories will read it. That’s your warning. But don’t worry I won’t str...
“Mommy, can the foolish man come over to my house?” Tonight My Son Taught Me a Lesson in Compassion.
There’s so much selfishness to teach out of my kids. I feel like I am teaching all the day long. Sometimes though, my kids teach me. Tonight my son’...
Reverberations: The Power of Your Words in Little Ears
Just type Peggy O’Mara into your Pinterest search bar and see dozens of prettified quotations. Chiefly, The way we talk to our children becomes their inne...
Lessons in Compassion for Kids at Christmas Time
Now that I have a preschooler, that degree in Curriculum Development and Instruction is leaking into my parenting. Today I considered how I could incorporate ch...
How I Weaned My Toddler off Moviethons
I confess that I relied heavily on that DVD player for those hectic months postpartum. “Good morning Linus,” I’d greet my toddler rubbing the ...
Encouragement for Our Great-Great Grandmothers. And for Us. 1893
It’s been one of those days. Low on memory-making. High on need-meeting. You feel like the whole day got eaten by a diaper. You reheated your coffee four times ...
Delight Has Diligence Written All Over It
I’m still smitten by my renewed delights in creating things and in solitude. The dilemma is that moms have so little time for these leisurely delights. Si...
Bravery Begets Bravery
I did not model imaginative play to my son or inspire him into inventiveness. Creativity just flowed naturally out of him at thirty-six months old. Rather than ...
Cleanliness Is Next to Godliness
The average baby does not like being naked and hates diaper changes. He does not kow how important it is that he be cleaned, but his mother does. She lovingly...
Family Holiday Traditions
I love traditions. To the point that I yearly wear my red socks when I decorate the Christmas tree while listening to Bing Crosby. (Sidenote: I...
Birth Story
I don’t know if it was the raspberry tea, pineapple, spicy meat pizza, evening primrose oil, walking or just nature that did it, but I am glad to report t...
Pregnancy Diaries: You know you’re 9 months pregnant when…
Started my ninth month yesterday.You know you are nine months pregnant when you try to squat to accomplish a chore, but fall down 30 seconds later.You know you ...
On Child-rearing
“We rob our children if we merely seek to have them meet our expectations. We need to be on God’s agenda for our kids lives so they can experience t...
An Announcement.
Heather’s Text to Paige Marcella Rieck Hill:Hey Paige, guess what I am. It’s a sort of state of being or a condition if you will. an unplanned and u...