Mothering

The Mom I Want to Be

Julie / August 23, 2012

When I read this on Raising Arrows this morning, I thought it was a really good, thoughtful idea.  So, here’s the mom I want to be: I want to teach the things that are essential.  I want my children to be equipped as saints.  Period.  Part of this incorporates many things that may at first seem unrelated (like, say, math),…

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Mothering, Studying God, Toddlers

God of Monsters

Our house has recently suffered a monster infestation.  Apparently, there are monsters in the garage, monsters in the bathroom, even monsters in the living room.  Or so our two-year-old tells me.  She is deeply afraid. Every time she exclaims,”but there’s a monster!” and refuses to go into a room (or refuses to be left alone in one), the nice, pat…

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Mothering

Three under three, and HOME ALONE.

If you had told me when E was just born–and I hardly knew how to make it through Seth’s 12-hour shifts alone by myself–that I would one day be watching three children aged two and under all by myself for a week, repeatedly, I would have told you you were crazy.  (Primarily because I was a brand-new mom with no…

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