Birth - 5 years | Character and Values | Elementary (K-5th) | Featured
8 Confidence-Building Truths Every Kid Should Hear from Their Parent
Instead of individually weeding out the negative thoughts quickly filling her brain, I tried planting positive, never-changing, confidence-building truths in the hopes that the truths would grow bigger and louder… Read More
Grief After Losing a Child
“I find,' he says, his voice still muffled, 'that I am constantly wondering where he is. Where he has gone. It is like a wheel ceaselessly turning at the back… Read More
The Work of Teaching Kids to Value Everyone
“I will never be friends with Will*! He has a funny looking hand, and I will never play with him!” my 4-year-old passionately declared the moment she climbed in the… Read More
Family Life | Make It Personal | Mental Health
Parenting Through Pain
When I became a parent, I had already been babysitting for over a decade, nannying for six years, and playing the role of World’s Best Aunt for five. I had… Read More
Birth - 5 years | Family Activities | Fight For The Heart
15 Minutes to Being a Great Parent
Being a great mom is SO easy. You just have to play with your kids all day long. Chores are so unnecessary!! These were actual thoughts I remember having as… Read More
6 Tips to Help Broken Families Enjoy Christmas
In part one of this blog series, my sister painted a pretty honest picture of what our Christmases looked like growing up. (Click here to read part one.) Depending on… Read More
Special Topics | Widen The Circle
Remembering Those Who Have Lost A Baby
I remember the moment I became a mother. It was early Sunday morning. Still dark outside. My brain was groggy. Exhausted. A million things were running through my head but… Read More