My red-haired friend from Grad school calls me. The one who is a writing sister and who encouraged me…
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mothering
Yay for Mistakes! Part 5 | Quieting a Myth of Mistakes
My son sat next to me, sadness radiating from him. “What’s wrong?’ I ask. “I hate it when people get…
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Yay for Mistakes! Part 4 | How to Let Our Children Make Mistakes and Fail
Kids need to make mistakes. And for us parents, this is hard. It was the first overnight birthday party…
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Yay for Mistakes! Part 3, Responding to Our Children’s Mistakes
Many of us are afraid of making mistakes because we associate making mistakes with something bad. Something to be avoided…
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Twinkling Mom
I am guest posting at Kindred Mom today. Twinkling Mom Christian stamps his foot hard against the tile floor, imitating…
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Mary and Christmas
Christmas gets closer and I think of Mary. The Mother of Jesus. When the angel appeared to Mary, did she…
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