Outside, the grass has started growing, flowers have started blooming, and my family has started having fun.  After a cold winter, we always enjoy getting out and feeling the sunshine on our faces, don’t you? Spring is the perfect time for enjoying the great outdoors as a family, and there are endless ways to do […]

Economics is a challenging subject or field of study. I remember battling it as a high school  and college student and being baffled by concepts that didn’t seem relevant to my everyday life. There are a lot of theories and disciplines to memorize. Sometimes the classroom sessions and extra readings here and there are not […]

  I am not the parent I thought I would be. Not even close. Before I had kids I just knew I’d be the kind of mom where everyday activities were filled with learning experiences about life and guiding young hearts towards the cross. I imagined the fun, the laughter, the learning that our family […]

Summer has always had a special place in my heart. From the balmy temperatures to my flip-flopped feet, I love it all, and try to enjoy every ounce of my summer that I can before it’s gone. Yet I’ve noticed over the years, my grocery budget tends to sky-rocket from May through August, but my […]

I’ve always been a dreamer; and once was a young girl who fantasized about her adult life with stars in her eyes. From playing house to imagining my wedding day, playing adult was my favorite. And I waited not so patiently for womanhood to come, knowing that my real life would begin once I was […]

It’s springtime, yet thoughts of summer fun lurk in the back of every child’s mind.  There’s just a few short weeks until school is out and the long anticipated summer vacation begins. Meanwhile, schools are busy planning ahead for the next school year, and moms compare notes on educational preferences.   Yet lately, education has […]

Have you ever thought of your heart as a garden?  God showed me this connection several years ago. Getting My Hands Dirty We bought the house we live in now about 12 years ago.  We have since done some major renovations, but before that, I had a smaller garden area in the back of the […]

My mind is reeling that February is here already and January is just a distant memory. Yet my dry, chapped hands and lips long for spring and the sign of new life. Personally, I am ready for winter to be over and yet we’re still over a month away from the first day of spring. […]

Growing up in the blustery winters of Wisconsin, I was surrounded by a large, boisterous family and our gatherings centered around laughter, love and food. Lots of food.  At every holiday there were tables of decadent desserts and rich, buttery entrees, all which called my name. At a young age I gorged myself on delicious dishes, […]

I just experienced one of the craziest rituals of the year. The back to school open house. Students swarmed the hallways and their excited but nervous voices echoed through a building that had been dormant for months.  It warmed my heart to see old faces and to shake the hands of those I will guide […]

  Claws out, lots of hair pulling, mixed in with some high pitched squealing. When I think about “chick fights”, that picture comes to mind. Suddenly I am transported back to my high school days, where an occasional girl fight would break out in the courtyard.  I would stand back, shake my head a little; […]