One year, a few days before Christmas, all four members of our little family came down with a fabulous flu, effectively changing all of our holiday plans to “quarantined.” Despite not feeling well, being stuck at home, and missing both sides of...
I love Pinterest. I really do. It is my homemaking Google. It is the best way to bookmark your finds and favorite pages from around the internet (recipes, articles, how-tos, inspirational quotes, anything) and the best way to find new things...
Sometime last month, Elijah got into the car after school and announced, “I have to tell Daddy that he was wrong!” Intrigued, I asked Elijah what he meant. “He told me that bullies probably wouldn’t bother me, but he was wrong.” That was not...
Last updated June 6, 2018 A few springs ago, Elijah began a mission to save money toward a family trip to Kings Island, one of the amusement parks here in Ohio. Two summers in a row, when Elijah was 2 and 3, we had received free tickets from...
You know when you’re little, and someone asks you, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” Most kids give a pretty standard answer, “A policeman,” or “A ballerina,” or “Superman,” and they stop there. Not my child. And I bet, if you’ve been...
Every August our church hosts a backpack giveaway event at the local elementary school, providing new backpacks and school supplies to hundreds of children in the area and giving all the families an afternoon of free fun with a street fair...