I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go (Genesis 28:15) My oldest started first grade today. Yes, her school is holding in-person instruction five days a week. Though my husband and I are so glad she’s able to attend in person, I think we’re both feeling emotions that we haven’t wanted to feel. Preparation for this…
Are not two sparrows sold for a small coin? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground without the knowledge and consent of your Father. …So do not be afraid. You are worth more than many sparrows. –Matthew 10: 29, 31 Last week a fierce windstorm knocked a robin’s nest out of our crabapple tree. From our kitchen…
“Mom, are we going to the fair in the summer?” my oldest asked again this morning. “I’m going to the fair!” my four year old middle daughter asserted. “And I’m going to ride the rides and get popcorn and chocolate ice cream!” My two year old jumped in. “I can get Superman ice cream! And see the tractors.” “But, Mom,…
As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, will never cease. Today, we braved the north wind and planted potatoes. Earlier this week, the girls and I watched my husband plow and turn up the rich, black dirt of our ever-expanding garden. Our farmer neighbor also was tilling the soil this past week. And then…
What do you tell little ones about coronavirus? How do you explain the new terminology of our upended lives: pandemic, social distancing, stay-at-home order? After the closure of my six year-old’s school, my husband and I simply told her that some people were sick, and we all needed to stay home until they got better. She accepted this explanation, and…