Homeschool Mom Life: A Snapshot
It is the middle of winter. 6:30 am. My phone alarm plays a Coldplay song into my foggy dreams. Snooze. I toss instead of sleep, as my waking consciousness recalls...
Joy Ballard
Hygge With Kids
The freezing wind whips tiny ice chunks against your face as you carefully make the perilous journey from your car to the entrance of the house. You stumble inside and...
What I Didn’t Expect When I Was Expecting
It’s a baby! The news of a little one soon to join a family most often comes with a flurry of excitement and preparations to be made. It’s a good...
I Am Sorry
It was the end of a long day. My husband and I were having our usual debrief of the day’s happenings when all of a sudden, seemingly out of nowhere,...
Large Family Secrets
Large families are fascinating. We watch them on TV, we read their blogs, we might even gossip about them a little, and we all wonder: how do they do it?...
From Somewhere and Everywhere: The Third Culture Kid Experience
As a child growing up in Mexico City in a blended Mexican American home, I didn’t know I belonged to a unique group of kids known as Third Culture Kids....
Raising Financially Wise Kids
It usually happens at the grocery store while I’m literally herding all four of my children and trying to make it out alive. A sweet grandmother-type will approach me, and...
Rules for a Season
It happens every time we enter a new season: the need to revisit the rules. I recently noticed that my 5-year-old has been leaving his raincoat and rain boots in...
