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Hero In Parenting: City Chic On A Farm

One of the great things about the Heroes In Parenting program is highlighting heroes, and I’m super proud of today’s nominee: Sherry Martz. (She has no idea that I’m putting her up for this. Heh, heh, heh.) I met Sherry a couple of years ago at a...

A Short Pause Due To Technical Difficulties

Hello, friends! Due to a truly spectacular computer crash (new laptop has now decided that the version of Windows it came with is invalid) I do not have access to my email from the last 2 days. Not to worry, the problem is being worked on as I type and I hope to be up...

Sometimes it Helps to Sigh Deeply

8:00 am – two little boys climbed into my bed for snuggle time. Fell asleep. 8:30 am – Announced that we really had to get moving and have breakfast because today is Tuesday and that means morning piano lessons. 9:00 am – Asked The Manager and...

One Of Those Moments

Hey, I’ve got a happy thought for you, Internets! Today in grammar the older boys were asked to recite a list of prepositions that we’d all memorized a while back. Since none of us had looked at it in weeks, I suggested taking some time to review...

Visiting Grandpa

Caregivers are heroes. I just spent several days with my grandfather and his wife. Her name’s Anne. She’s my grandmother by marriage, so I’ve always called her by her first name. No disrespect has ever been intended…it’s just that I...