It is fall in the Midwest. This week, I stopped at a roadside shop of sorts, a pickup truck filled with pumpkins large and small. When I was driving home with the small ones chosen to decorate my porch, I couldn’t … Continue reading →
Remember how excited your child was when he first learned to read? He probably read to anyone and anything that would hold still. Some beginning readers have been known to read to themselves in a mirror or even to the … Continue reading →
In south Florida, a pop-up rain shower can happen very quickly. One minute the sky is blue with white puffy clouds, and the next minute, dark gray clouds are swirling in the sky bringing heavy rain to the earth. It … Continue reading →
(This was first posted in Aug., 2013. But with vacations starting up again, I thought it might be helpful for families to be reminded of tips for flying with their kiddos. Enjoy!) I just returned from a short getaway … Continue reading →
I remember many family trips when we played various games involving what we could see out the windows as we drove down the highways. I wrote a blog post describing several of these activities a few years ago. You can … Continue reading →
My mother is 92 years old and can still sit at the kiddie table in her kitchen. When my niece posted this Facebook picture of my mother with her great- grandkids, Psalm 78:4 came to my mind: “We will tell … Continue reading →