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Month: July 2015 (page 1 of 2)

Dinner with Monica

July 31, 2015 / / 2 Comments
Reading Time: 2 minutes

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Months ago now, my family and I were invited to my friend Monica’s home—an experienced nothing short of delightful for all of us. We guffawed at each others’ comments, scooped steaming heaps of food on plastic plates, relaxed. But what struck me was the nature of my friend’s entertaining.

Monica is a local Ugandan friend. We drove to her home on roads with so many potholes our heads nearly hit the roof, save the seatbelt. She and her five relatives resided in a single concrete room with a barred window.

What I am slowly learning–because of my son’s learning disorders, Part II

July 29, 2015 / / 1 Comment
Reading Time: 4 minutes

learning disorder

What I am slowly learning–because of my son’s learning disorders, Part I

July 27, 2015 / / 12 Comments
Reading Time: 4 minutes

learning disorder

My son was five. The six of us were headed to Uganda in about three months. And there were so many reasons I did not want to encounter the realities uncovered by the Vanderbilt Assessment, or my child’s pediatrician, or our family tree: ADHD, and eventually, accompanying (and profound) dysgraphia.

Interview-Your-Child Fridays, #4

July 24, 2015 / / 1 Comment
Reading Time: < 1 minute

7.If you could go to any time in history, where and when would you go?

Guest posting today: 8 Ways to Help Kids Fall in Love with God’s Word

July 22, 2015 / / 0 Comments
Reading Time: < 1 minute

You can find me today on We are THAT Family, in Kristen’s new series on Parenting Upstream in a Go-with-the-Flow World. My post: 8 Ways to Help Kids Fall in Love with God’s Word. Hop on over and check it out!

32 Ideas to make the most of reading time with kids (includes free download)

July 22, 2015 / / 2 Comments
Reading Time: 6 minutes

reading kids

I love what Kathleen Kelly, aka Meg Ryan, says in You’ve Got Mail–because for this lifetime, voracious reader, it’s true: “When you read a book as a child, it becomes a part of your identity in a way that no other reading in your life does.”

Interview-your-child Fridays, #3

July 16, 2015 / / 2 Comments
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interview your child fridays

Effortless beauty?

July 15, 2015 / / 1 Comment
Reading Time: 4 minutes

Lying in bed a few nights ago–makeup rinsed off (if I was wearing any), the beginnings of my double chin/jowls showcased by the position of head on pillow–I glimpsed an advertisement in a leading women’s magazine for an aging serum available only at high-end retailers. The model was lovely; perfect for the enticing caption: effortless beauty.

Her makeup was invisible, lashes were long and perfectly separated, skin creamy. She looked like one of those .0001% people who, upon waking, her partner may actually roll over, like in the movies, and say, Man, you’re gorgeous in the mornings. This does not happen at my house, and I consider it an attribution to my husband’s integrity that he does not contrive elaborate fairy tales about this point.

Guest post: Did you marry the wrong person?

July 14, 2015 / / 2 Comments
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Maybe you’re in a position right now making it particularly difficult to see why you’re married to him. Or her.

Truth: I didn’t marry the kind of guy I thought I would.

I’m guest posting at Marriage Revolution today. Check it out: Did you marry the wrong person?

Interview-your-child Fridays, #2

July 10, 2015 / / 0 Comments
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interview your child fridays

Click here for post #1 and the thoughts behind this series.

  1. What are some of your favorite ways to relax?
  2. What activities do you most enjoy doing with your dad/your mom and I? (Feel free to alter for your guardianship/parent situation.)
  3. What was the highlight of your week this week?
  4. What was the “low” light?
  5. What’s one way you feel like I’m not really “hearing” you—like you wish I could listen more?
  6. If you could visit any places in the world, where would you like to visit?
  7. Who would you say are some of your closest friends right now?
  8. If you could create an incredible flavor of ice cream, what would it be?
  9. What’s one thing you really like about yourself?
  10. What’s one of your favorite family memories?
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