While we’ve been parenting teens for a few years now, we are entering the throws of adolescence with our first child “from scratch.” You know, the first one who we’ve had from conception to now and have had to take full responsibility for how our parenting either prepared him or failed him. I am super...
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Older Child Adoption | What We Did Right
So after this post, a thoughtful reader asked for what I thought I did right in our adoption journey. It was a hard question; I’m my own best (or worst) critic…depending on how you look at it. In my insecurity and looking for objectiveness, I turned to social media. I’m glad did. The comments were...
Lessons from an Artichoke
We’re kind of accidental, experimental gardeners. A decade ago, we got it in our head that we wanted to grow some veggies. If you haven’t noticed, we’re kind of a “go big or go home” family, so rather than start with a couple tomato and cucumber plants in the modest garden beds around our house,...
Simple Salve Base
2 Ingredients. A crock pot. Multiple applications or uses. This is a DIY win-win.
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{Recipe} Essential Herbal Chai
Even though we owned a craft coffee shop for over a year, I can list “barista” as a skillset on a resume, and I know more about coffee than most people, I actually don’t drink it. I can actually tolerate the taste of really good, craft coffee, but the bigger issue is the caffeine. I...