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 ...
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“I want my daughters to be beautiful, accomplished, and good.” -Mrs. March
When I was 23 years old, I drove from Florida to Maine by myself. I borrowed the Little Women audiobook from the Jacksonville Library then mailed it back from K...
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 ...
Barnyard Book
Since our toddler follows our improvised bedtime stories so well, I was curious to see how he’d receive a chapter book. A barnyard book like CharlotteR...
Letters to My Children: Stop and Stare
This letter to my 10-month-old daughter is part of the Letters to My Children Series. In each child’s journal, I write prayers, encouragement, advice and ...
“Big” is a Nebulous Term
“Son, look up into that huge dark sprawling 40-foot tree. Now look beyond the tree at the first star tonight. Did you know that that star is bigger than t...
3 Thousand Different Kinds of Beautiful
1) Sunlight on water can be a thousand different kinds of beautiful. Even over the same body of water, this East Texas lake for instance, every morning sky ref...
No son, we are not gypsies.
This summer resembles last summer in that we move nearly weekly, but this season we are not family member hopping- we are church member hopping. Christopher...
A Big Loudbright in the Sky
From the front yard of our house of the week, we sense the local July 4 celebration flickering just below the horizon. Surrounded by rising fireflies below a c...
20 Minute Escape
“Heather, I’m home. Oh, I forgot to return the library books. I’ll go back.” “No. I’ll go,” I snatched the keys from Chris’ hand mid stride. I love my childr...
We are moving and I feel…
Coffee and watching petals fall with morning rain from courtyard tree.Sound, comforting.Site, lovely.Sentiment, sad but hopeful. In a few hours, our tree will n...
Musical movies and shows and prose.
This week I saw the film rendition of one of my favorite musical plays and the musical play rendition of one of my favorite movies. Les Miserables and Once Chri...
When the baby got stuck in the bathroom and couldn’t get out
Last night, my 14-month-old decided to close himself in my parent’s hall bathroom. Not a strange occurrence except that he also scooted the narrow g...
veggies & birdies & music & coffee
Reaching for carrot shoots and loose potatoes on farm stands, pointing at hopping finches, watching where the folk music is coming from and bobbing his head to ...
Songs for Moms
I Get to be the One by JJ Heller You Make Me Believe in Love by JJ Heller Keep You Safe by JJ Heller Seeds by Brooke Fraser In My Arms by Plumb I Am by Jill Phi...
What about Second Breakfast?
After Blue Eyes had finished his banana and cheerio breakfast (we are trying to learn baby sign language, but currently he makes his sentiments known by trying ...
Favorite Passtimes of a 10-month-old
Emptying the shoe rack Climbing on top of the empty shoe rack Climbing on top of the toy chest Climbing on top of the printer Staring longingly into the bathtub...
The Fullness of Emptiness
After 9 months of pregnancy and 5 months of kicks and flips and hiccups, I had grown very close to my son. Pun intended. And once his body left my body, I fel...
It’s a Small World
Chris and I visited a little church in the little town of Mt. Vernon, TX last Sunday where my parents introduced us to their realtor. Not far into the conversa...
A Few More Things I’ve Learned Mo. 6
It is best to keep your mouth closed when playing horsey with him on my knees… he drools. Just because he is usually quiet and content in the mid af...
“What is that?”
I’m looking forward to the “What is that?” questions. Mom, what is that? This is butter. We can make some out of heavy cream sometime. W...
He Rolled Over
Our little man rolled over for the first time today. 🙂 He was tummy timing (I didn’t catch the roll on video, but I will try) when I saw that ...
Cloth Diapers vs. Disposables
I did some math on diapering costs and thought I’d share my findings with you. Disposable Diapers from the store cost about $.20 each give or take. The av...
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...