My children play a game with each other. It is called the Spontaneous Random Hugging. Any one of them (my son rarely is the caller) calls out “spontaneous random hugging moment!!!!” Whoever is closest together then give a hug. Often it is a group hug. I marvel at my children understanding the need for hugs [...]

Okay, so my ten-year-old is currently enamoured with a game on my iPod called Shift. In this game, the screen is black and white, and the character moves over places and travels through obstacles from one side of the screen to the other, where the character enters a door and a new level. He played [...]

“Sometimes, it is nice to just be us.” I woke up early this morning (my husband was already awake). I lay in my bed, trying to decide if I would wake up or go back to sleep, and I thought about how nice it is that all of us are home. An overwhelming calm and [...]

So, I have been thinking about last month’s pop quiz and wondering what I could do to encourage thought among my little ones as they discover what is written on their hearts. Feel free to enlighten me if you have any ideas…! I feel a great responsibility to help my children meander their ways through [...]