by Kristy | Sep 4, 2013 | children, Christian, Compassion, Moms, Poverty, Uncategorized, Women, writing
I was an awkward kid. I was hyper, and liked to talk a lot. I also operated under the assumption that everyone was just a friend I hadn’t met yet, so if you made eye contact – you were fair game. One summer, when I was in second grade, my parents enrolled my...
by Kristy | Aug 15, 2013 | children, Compassion, Poverty, Uncategorized
A few weeks ago I signed up to be a blogger for Compassion International. It’s this incredibly cool program that began five years ago to enable bloggers to help raise awareness about the impoverished children the world. Assignments of different topics go out once to...
by Kristy | Jul 18, 2013 | children, Christian, Uncategorized
Photo courtesy of Phil Hollenback Each morning after Joe has left for work, I return to our bedroom to find that he has made the bed. This has been his morning “ritual” for quite awhile. I don’t recall ever asking him to do it, but I certainly appreciate it. It’s...
by Kristy | Jun 19, 2011 | children, music, Uncategorized
There are many challenges for the parent of a ten- and a seven-year-old. One of them (for us, anyway!), is navigating through music to determine what is appropriate. There’s a lot of great stuff out there. Unfortunately, there’s a lot of music with lyrics...
by Kristy | May 6, 2011 | children, Homeschool, Moms, Uncategorized
I’ll be honest. I used to be a little uptight as a mom. I know, coming from someone with purple hair, it might be hard to believe. It’s true, though – especially with my first daughter. Over the years, I’ve mellowed substantially. I don’t...
by Kristy | Apr 15, 2011 | children, Christian, Homeschool, Moms, weight loss, Women
I had something completely different to post today. However, as I was looking through my journal this morning, I came across an entry I had written three months ago. I had never intended it to be a blog post, but I really felt like God was telling me to put it out...
