We’ve just moved after 31 years in one home.  Mike and I built that home when we were 29 years old.  We raised both of our children in that home, and honestly, we feel like we grew up there as… Continue reading

At my age and in this time of life, social media just does NOT hold much of an appeal to me.    I got off of FB quite a while back and never established any other kind of social media presence. … Continue reading

Most of us took a foreign language in high school and probably even college.  Many of us need practice and reminders in that foreign language now.   My father is from New Jersey and my mother is Cuban, as is her… Continue reading

We’re feeling a bit anxious right now due to world events.  We may try to shelter our little ones from the war, tragedies in our own country, and the crazy cost of basic necessities.  But they sense our stress. They… Continue reading

This title may sound contradictory to what I’m trying to do with this post!  But it’s very connected. Twenty years ago, we took our kids to the canyon lands.  It was one of our favorite family trips.  We rented an… Continue reading

Just Five Minutes In this modern era of life, WE ARE BUSY.   Life has become much too complicated.   This world of technology and passwords and endless steps to do every single thing can literally drive us crazy. Our brains have… Continue reading

If there is both a book and a movie, read the book first.  Why?  Because that’s where the story came from!  The thought, the characters, the plot, and the desire to create a story for either entertainment or for a… Continue reading

When Jesus wanted to teach us about God, His love, and His purpose, He used stories!  When He wanted to teach us about how to treat others, He used stories.   When He wanted to show us how to live, He… Continue reading

When we think back upon the first stories that we start reading to our little ones, many of them are fiction.  Clifford, the adorable, big red dog isn’t real, Barney the purple dinosaur doesn’t exist, and the cat in the… Continue reading

There’s this little time period in the lives of our little ones when we get to mold their entire worlds.   It’s this tiny piece of time where parents or caregivers have complete control, control over what our kids eat, their… Continue reading

Most of us “adults” understand how important reading with and to our young children is.  We can imagine and explore worlds beyond our little neighborhoods, and we can help lay a foundation that will cultivate successes in the classroom.  But,… Continue reading

The answer to this question became too long to write about using paragraphs in a blog!  I’m confident that there are many other reasons that didn’t even make the list.   Here are SOME of the convincing arguments for us as… Continue reading