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My 8-year old son is learning about the human body. After a week of studying the digestive tract, I asked him to recite some of its parts. He said, and I quote, "Mouth....Asparagus...Stomach....Liver...that Little Intestine....the Long Intestine..and...ya know...bum and crotch." That story has absolutely nothing to do with the subject of this post other than... Continue Reading →
Wow do my kids inspire me on a regular basis. The way they navigate life, relationships, their strengths and weaknesses, disappointments, desires...Grown-ups would do well to take our cues from them. This week I had the privilege of watching my oldest son act out of growing courage and confidence in a way that left me... Continue Reading →
I started Tommimom at my husband's prompting and encouragement (recurring theme of my blogging journey!) He said I 'have a way of communicating' and others would find it encouraging. So I googled 'how to write a blog' while sitting in our dungeony unfinished Philly basement/play area surrounded by my 1, 2 & 3 year olds... Continue Reading →
This man. In the 12 years I've had the privilege of knowing him, he has only grown stronger and more admirable. He, this salty Marine headed to war, marched into my tidy life as a missionary and made me his wife less than a year later. That should be a foreshadowing of his determination. He... Continue Reading →
September 1, 2002 was the fist time I watched a loved one slip from this world and into the Next. I had never stood between those two Worlds before. I was 22 and hiking in North Carolina with a dear group of friends who had become like family through the years. One moment we were... Continue Reading →
I homeschool and I love it. I home school and I 90% love it. 75% of the time. I believe homeschooling is the best option for parent and child. I believe homeschooling might be one of many good options for parent and child. I'm not in the homeschool gang, believing that 'you are your child's... Continue Reading →
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