by Louise | Oct 15, 2021 | Encourage, Faith, Louise, Parenting, Uncategorized
After years of writing (here, in my journal, and in my millions of half-finished notebooks around the house) about life with kids and navigating their baby years, tween years and teenage years, it’s finally here: the dreaded “empty nest.” We dropped...
by Shannon | Oct 8, 2021 | Encourage, Parenting, Shannon
This morning I heard my second-born’s alarm going off so I stepped into his room and sat down on the side of his bed. He burrowed further into the covers and turned his head away when I clicked the lamp on. “What, mom? I’m up!”His deep scratchy...
by Shannon | Aug 12, 2021 | Encourage, Parenting, Shannon
Dear Kindergartner: You’ve got this! I promise, it will be way more amazing than you can imagine. Your mom has made you a very special lunch (probably with a special little note) and your teacher will help you open your milk if you need it. I know it is a little...
by Shannon | Aug 19, 2019 | Encourage, Parenting, Shannon
This. This water bottle. This bulky water bottle that my kid has been caring around with him to school, to sports, to work…for long as I can remember. I hate finding it all muddy sitting in the sink with the assumption that I’m going to clean it (which I do of course...
by Shannon | Aug 4, 2019 | Encourage, Parenting, Shannon
We’ve filled our days, focused on making memories, tried tons of new things, repeated traditions, eaten dozens of family meals, had movie nights, traveled lots of places, taken hundreds of pictures, enjoyed friends, cherished family, holed up in our rooms when...
by Shannon | May 15, 2019 | Encourage, Parenting, Shannon
With graduation just around the corner combined with the fact that all three of us (authors of this blog) have seniors….well, there have been some pretty sweet~bitter~sweet~bitter moments around here. I happen to know that one of us, I’ll let you guess...
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