spaghetti, anyone?

spaghetti, anyone?

In spite of being sick, I just had to get out and go to church yesterday. We ordained two of my favorite men in the world (from my favorite families) as deacons. They are so special to us that they were both pallbearers at my mother’s funeral. I just tried not...

thoughts from my sick bed

I’m sick and I feel really lousy. I can’t believe it’s after 3 p.m. and I’m still in my pajamas. The great blessing is that our county called off school because of the weather, which means 3 out of 4 of today’s activities have been...

for mothers of pre-teen to teen sons

I pull up this article, Pubermania (gotta love that title!), and re-read it every couple of years. I have 20- and 15-year-old sons, but this time around I’m reading it in honor (or should I say because of) my son who turns 12 today. I thought I would share it in...

Tuesday, during which I learn that Monday most certainly was an anomaly

Do you ever have posts which for whatever reason go unpublished? Maybe they were never finished, maybe blogger wouldn’t cooperate and upload your pictures and then you forgot to go back and publish later, whatever. I have a handful of those stray drafts floating...
The all-time greatest read-aloud-in-one-sitting children’s book ever.  Period.

The all-time greatest read-aloud-in-one-sitting children’s book ever. Period.

When my older boys were little, our favorite read-aloud was Dr. Seuss’s Fox in Socks. My goal was to read it error-free; their goal was to catch my error. These sessions were great fun for all, the boys on the edge of their seats waiting to buzz me when I got...

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