How to Love
One of my favorite Southern expressions describes how much one person loves another: “I love you a bushel and a peck and a hug around the neck.” Recently Ray and I had the opportunity to visit with a friend who…
Category Making a Child Feel Loved
Little Things that Make a Home Sweet Home
Setting up an office in our hotel room at Hope Lodge was something of a challenge. Depending on our Exploring Government editing task at the moment, we needed two and sometimes three screens. As you see, we placed Ray’s computer,…
All Boxed In
Many a mama has been relieved when an expert finally gives her a label for a child’s learning disability, such as dysgraphia or dyslexia or ADHD. She is glad finally to have an explanation for the difficulty the child has…
An Unbroken Circle
I recently wrote about Mansfield Park by Jane Austen, recommending it as a good book for young people to read before making a decision about whom to marry. Then I shared a passage about paying attention. As I continued listening…
Rules, Rules, Rules
Ray’s Sunday morning lesson prompted me to think about rules. God loves us too much not to give us rules to follow. The same is true for wise mamas and daddies. Don’t go out into the street. Don’t get in…
The Masterpiece
My mother was an accomplished seamstress. I was eight years old when she began teaching me to sew on the sewing machine. She helped me make this apron for a 4-H project. When our older daughter, Bethany, got married, Mother…