To My Graduate
My third son, fresh from his high school graduation ceremony, spent last week on a South Carolina beach with parent chaperones and other graduates from our Classical Conversations program. We parents secretly sent letters addressed to our seniors, to be read as their...
Warm Brownies
Warm Brownies. The words jump off the page, memories of chocolate in the air, cravings satisfied, love and home, butter. Always butter. My mother didn’t cook much. Somehow I never really thought about this as a child, not until I was married with a family of my...
Movies for Date Nights at Home
After writing about date nights last week, I started thinking about those of you who don’t have easy access to (or funds for) babysitting, and decided to compile a list of great movies for date nights at home. I’ve included links to Amazon (to buy), Amazon...
Nurture Your Man and Your Marriage
I remember how surprised Bryan and I were when we realized we’d spent more of our lives married than not. Crazy. Not only have I been a wife and mother over half my life, but we still have six kids at home. My mother was an empty nester and a grandmother at my...
