- Ezra, Family, Health, Wellness, & Self Care, Lifestyle, Marriage, Military and Veteran Life, Miscellaneous, Motherhood, Personal and Spiritual Ramblings, Special Needs Parenting
2022 In Review
2022 was a good year for me and for my family. It was productive and meaningful, and I would like to briefly give a family update and share some of our accomplishments.
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The Lifegiving Table: A Venture into Hospitality & Table Discipleship
"All table-talk discussions, love given, and beauty cultivated at our table are for the purpose of making real our Savior and calling those who share life with us to serve Him their whole…
- Ezra, Family, Fatherhood, Friendship & Community, Health, Wellness, & Self Care, Little Brother, Motherhood, Personal and Spiritual Ramblings
Confessions of a reluctant swim team mom
So, here's a few things that I learned and enjoyed about being a swim team mom (albeit, a reluctant one). Our family is resilient and has grown in our capabilities. As we progressed…
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Choosing the six things that matter: a strategy to consistently accomplish all the things
Short term goals and projects have helped me and my family consistently accomplish things. Take a short-term amount of time, and asking yourself this: What really matters in THIS time? What do I…
- Christmas, Family, Friendship & Community, Homeschooling, Messy Faith, Personal and Spiritual Ramblings
Our Moravian-Inspired Family Christmas Lovefeast
This past week, our family had the cherished opportunity to host a Moravian-inspired Christmas lovefeast in our home. I want to share the story behind what prompted us to plan this celebration, as…
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The Ingredients That Make Our Family Work
Being a family - creating these rhythms and developing our own family culture, the million tiny things that make us...us - is not something that has come easily for us. Our home is…
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Colonial Williamsburg: Our Northern Star ~ Learning from History
Williamsburg has become a "northern star" for me. Williamsburg brings out the best parts of my child. These interpreters who have poured into the life of my child, even in such short encounters,…
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What we accomplished in March & our NEW homeschool plan
How to not over-plan, lose your sanity, and try to do too much when you feel like EVERYTHING IS SUPER-DUPER IMPORTANT AND IT ALL MATTERS. What if we accomplished our goal of getting…
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Momma went back to school & graduated from college during a pandemic
I finished my college coursework in December of 2019, and I graduated with my Associate in Arts general education degree in May of 2020. The at-home, just-us ceremony during the pandemic lasted about…
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SPACE X LAUNCH and our fun astronomy homeschooling science unit
As I look back on this unit that began with a trip to the Adler Planetarium a week before they closed due to COVID and ended with the Space X launch literally on…
