Parenting has hit a 10-year anniversary for Edric and I, with our eldest, Elijah, turning 10 today. We are still in the trenches of parenting…
From website problems, to issues with my gadgets that have made me feel stupid and old, to losing 397 notes (many of which were articles)…
Garage sale homeschooling. That’s what I would like to think of our garage sale experience two weekends ago. Elijah got to put his math skills…
It’s inevitable that four kids will argue, dispute, compete, and be at odds on occasion. When I say on occasion, I mean at least once…
Photo source:http://marvel.com/universe/X-23 All women have claws. Some have long fingernails in the literal sense (I prefer to keep mine short). But all of us for…
There are some days when I wonder how I am going to get through homeschooling my children. Titus and Tiana woke up with a bad…
Living the “no yaya lifestyle” is really no joke. My hats off to all the women in the world who do everything from cleaning to…
1 Peter 3:3-4 says,Your adornment must not be merely external-braiding the hair, and wearing gold jewelry, or putting on dresses; but let it be the…
Periodically, Edric and I will ask our children how we can improve. Most of the time the kids will say, “you guys are great!” or…
When you serve me, it makes me fall in love with you again a million times! This was Edric’s dramatic statement as he kissed me…
It’s official. I had my first meltdown in front of the kids. It happened on Wednesday morning. Titus was distracted, singing instead of writing down…
From time to time parents ask me how to discipline a child who is misbehaving. They want to know if spanking is the solution. Some…
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