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January 2012

January 14, 2012

Father Does Not Know Best, But Neither Do I

When Zach was first born and I was unsure of how to keep him alive,...

January 07, 2012

Father Knows Best?

Jeff and I sit together in the home office of Dr. Mark, the social worker...

January 05, 2012

Just Curious

Is it possible to cultivate curiosity? You can squelch it, for sure, but can you...

January 05, 2012

Do It Anyway

Over the years, we've struggled to make family devotions a regular part of our life....

December 2011

December 24, 2011

Chrismukkah

I wasn’t going to say anything about Chrismukkuh. The Catholic Bishops and Jewish Rabbis recently put...

December 17, 2011

My Gift

Conan, a twelve-year-old homeschooled friend of ours, is obsessed with the Revolutionary War. He spends...

December 16, 2011

Happy Holidays

Hey. Some people get themselves in a tither if you say Happy Holidays instead of...

December 13, 2011

My Daddy, Again

Update as of 5:30 pm, 12/13: The following post predicted the imminent demise of...

December 09, 2011

Gimme, Gimme, Gimme

Twenty Sunday school students sit in rapt attention as I roll out the Advent story....

December 09, 2011

Performance

It doesn't matter how much decoding you work on if you never get to enjoy...

December 08, 2011

A Day In Pompeii

I took the boys to see "A Day In Pompeii," a great new exhibit at...

December 02, 2011

The Name Of Your God

Ezra, who is seven, was riding in the back seat of our car with a...

November 2011

November 30, 2011

The New Domesticity?

Geesh. I just got called my first nasty name online. Emily Matchar's new article on...

November 30, 2011

Note to Self

November 29, 2011

The Stockings Were Hung…

We have lived in our house for eight years, and every year as we decorate...

November 22, 2011

Praise God. For What?

This Thursday, I will celebrate Thanksgiving with international students who've come to Massachusetts for graduate...

November 18, 2011

Boys Will Be Boys

Zach and Ezra ran in the house, panting, waving their water guns high in the...

November 11, 2011

Head Case

I've gained exactly 19.5 pounds since we started homeschooling last year. Which is why I...

October 2011

October 31, 2011

Under the Umbrella

The boys had been asking us to make their bedtime later for quite some time....

October 22, 2011

What’s up with the brats?

“Who would let their children act like that in a restaurant?!” My mother and I...

October 08, 2011

So Many Gods, So Little Time

“Some people worship money. Some people worship many gods. We mainly worship just one god.” ...

September 2011

September 30, 2011

Crop Failure

On Tuesday, we choked down a few nasty beans and one nasty squash. Zach held...

September 24, 2011

Happy New Year!

Next week is Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. The yummiest part of Rosh Hashanah...

September 22, 2011

What’s Done Is Done

For the past two months, Jeff and I have been keeping a new discipline. We...

September 21, 2011

Livin’ The Dream

Kathi, our most wonderful, lovely, kind, and talented au pair returns to Costa Rica tomorrow....

September 20, 2011

The N Word

When Andy went upstairs to see the boys on Saturday night, she asked Zach where...

September 17, 2011

Indoor Plumbing

With Sissy in the house, and expressions of sibling love abounding, we've had to remind...

September 16, 2011

Do You Love My Boys? Do You Love Them Not?

"You need to put that away, Mom. He needs some special time with you while...

September 15, 2011

Starting Off With A Bange

Did you know that there are spelling rules? Sure, you may know i before e except...

September 14, 2011

Read Me

Okay. I'm gonna keep writing, even after my self-imposed end date. Here are a few...

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