Rich MOMents

Undress Me in the Temple of Heaven , a memoir by Susan Jane Gilman, tells the story of her trip to China in 1986, upon graduating from colle...

Only recently a friend asked me if LilDude likes to read for fun. I told her that he happily does his 15 minutes of required reading a day, ...

GG (age 3): "My hands hurt." Mom: "Why do they hurt?" GG: "Because I say so."

Very Last First Time ( Five in a Row homeschool lesson) We are reading a book about a girl that's going to walk on the bottom of the s...

A couple years ago I decided to eliminate most of the plastic storage containers in my kitchen. I bought class bins for flour, sugar, dry be...

Sigh. I'm reading Strawberry Girl aloud to LilDude. It's a Newbery Award book by Lois Lenski. The text reads: "Azuloy, a fifte...

Sometimes the behavior of "adults" just astounds me. Particularly when it comes to children's sporting events. No one came for...

It's not unusual for LilDude (7) to walk in his sleep. Tonight after reading aloud from our latest chapter book, Strawberry Girl , I tuc...

I've been experiencing mega "God moments" lately...you know, when something hits you upside the head because it's just out...

I took LilDude (7) and GG (3, almost 4) to the store. They each carried $2 they'd earned, excited to spend it on something wonderful. I ...

GG has been excitedly talking about his birthday (in February) ever since he arrived home (last May.) We're finally getting close enough...

I recently posted the following on Facebook: Question for parents of teen girls... What is a reasonable amount to budget for clothes shoppi...

One of my children struggles with making wise choices. Well, shoot, they all struggle with making wise choices (so do I!) but one struggles ...

...and her name is MOMMA! GG is a breeze to parent. But he obviously received a tad bit of spoiling in China. (With that face and personalit...