I’ve seen this floating around the internet for a while. It always makes me chuckle and yes, I usually cry at the ending. Life with toddlers and preschoolers can be stressful at times. Motherhood is most certainly of the 24 hour, labor-intensive variety. But as I was showing my mom the original music video that […]
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Memory Making
After dinner is done, adults linger over conversation. Kids race outside with Opa, squealing in delight, freshly equipped with flashlights. It is time to search for danger. Didn’t you know that little boys “eat danger for breakfast”? In the recent weeks of ‘post-monsoon season,’ before the weather gets too chilly, toads could also be found […]
Choosing to Count
Most days counting God’s many blessings in my life just comes naturally. It is a joy. It is easy. But sometimes, the fact that we live in a fallen world becomes so painfully clear that it takes the grace of God and a firm resolve to choose gratitude. Xander has been working on memorizing I […]
Family Learning
Some days I just want to pinch myself… We get to learn along-side each other. Yes, in these tender early years, there is a lot of teaching and training that goes on. But we also get to experience the joy of learning together, as a family! I don’t know everything and I certainly don’t want […]
Promise Cookies
Call me ignorant, but I didn’t realize that fortune cookies weren’t ‘invented’ in China, but instead in California… In fact, when they were introduced to China, they were billed as the “genuine American fortune cookie.” But I still had my heart set on trying to make some for our recent Chinese dinner. As I began […]
Night Cap
Even after the most difficult or challenging day or maybe just one that was delightfully full I find the perfect ‘night cap’ in checking on my sleeping children before I turn in for the night! As I watch my boys peacefully sleep, for oftentimes this is the only time when they are ‘still’, I find my […]