“These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.” Deuteronomy 6:6-7 Tonight, at dinner, we were talking about the baptisms we had …
Month: March 2019
An open letter to Marie Kondo from an untidy mom
Dear Marie, On behalf of all Americans, I would like to apologize. I am sorry that you had to tell us to throw away our excess stuff. We confess, we have too much. We need to downsize, throw away, scale-back, scale-down… all of it. It has gotten out of hand. I like to think that …
The Mom-break Myth
The kids are fighting for the millionth time. The chores need done for the millionth time. The laundry sits and waits for my attention for the millionth time. Someone is hungry, someone is thirsty, someone is climbing something they shouldn’t, and I am feeling tired. This mom-life gig is hard. It is monotonous and every …
Wyoming and South Dakota: Mount Rushmore Trip
As a child, I had toured the Eiffel Tower in Paris and walked on the beaches of Greece, but had yet to see some iconic US tourist destinations like Mount Rushmore. Because of this, I am determined to show my kids the beauty in our own United States before they go abroad and Mount Rushmore …