Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
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This week I read Pachinko by Min Jin Lee and it is one of my absolute favorite reads of the year. The storytelling is so understated and honest. I feel…
Skin switching
I decided to switch my skin for a little while. The old layout looked too fall-ish for me, but I’ll probably bring it back (or something similar) after summer is…
“Lafayette Oatmeal Day” Raspberry Bars
This was listed in our local paper as the recipe of the week. The article says that you can use any jam or preserve. I had some cherry jam here…
Being near without crowding my children
As an AP parent, I think I am constantly trying to figure out the balance between being there for my kids vs. crowding my kids and not giving them a…
Queen Bees and Wannabes…
<br /> I came to a disturbing revelation today. I was a queen bee. As I was browsing through the library, I saw a copy of Rosalind Wiseman’s Queen Bees…
Outside time
Sorry for the delay in entries! Last Monday night I prayed that God would help me balance my time. When I woke up Tuesday, my computer was dead Lucky me,…
The punitive mindset
Although I have spent plenty of time trying to explain it, I still find that many of my friends (the non-GBD kind) don’t see how coming from a punitive mindset…
Wicca’s Charm
In the future, I hope to write a critique of this work, but I think I’ll save that until I’m done I think I see some weaknesses and flaws in…
Families Where Grace Is In Place – Chapter 1
We’ve just started this book for my group, and I thought it’d be nice to share some of my thoughts. I can definitely see how my actions fall into the…
Descriptive Praise
http://aolff.org/ I’ve been devouring my way through Crystal Lutton’s Biblical Parenting this week. I have known Crystal for quite a while, so I feel like I’m doing this backwards, but…
Kids and Chores
This is a topic that I’ve been thinking about quite a bit recently. We’ve never had any kind of formal chore charts for our kids, but they are always happy…
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