I was reading an article in No Greater Joy this week, about balanced and dysfunctional patriarchal families. Michael Pearl’s quoting a mom in this part of it really startled me: The only evil influence left in the lives of our children is our church. First, this doesn’t shock me because of its truthfulness; I know [...]
Val, Val, how does your garden grow? Little by little- weekly we start some new seed indoors. So far there are a passel of still hidden onions and some leggy tomatoes. Yes, you read that correctly- Luke got a little craving for some real Early Girls. Ha. Nevertheless, seeing those bright green wisps of life [...]
The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: I’m from the government and I’m here to help. ~Ronald Reagan
I have this selection of shells on a shelf (say that three times fast!) in my kitchen. One jar is from California, one from Florida, and the biggest haul comes from Nantucket. Crafty gal that I am, I tossed around ideas on how to label the jars, like giving them fun stickers or writing on [...]
This morning, Luke realized his iPod was missing. It was later located in the van, but not before we spent some time fearing the bad (maybe it was in a parking lot somewhere) and the worst (maybe it was in a stranger’s pocket somewhere). Still, even in those dark moments, it wasn’t all that upsetting, [...]