We have all been working to make some adjustments in light of the recent developments in response to the COVID-19 virus. Mama, help is here! With schools being canceled for the unforeseeable future, we know a lot of you may …
Threads of Commonality
Symbolically, the heart has long been identified as the center of the body. It holds wisdom, reason, emotion. Islam, Judaism and Christianity all share an understanding of the heart being a temple of God. Whatever we believe symbolically about the …
How Parenting Changed my Marriage
Derek held our baby first. I couldn’t. I was shaking from the labor and the, oh so many drugs that had been pumped into my body. Besides I was leaning over the side of the hospital bed puking into a …
The Powerful Seed of Kindness
“I want to help him mom. It seems like he’s depressed. I’ve never seen somebody who acts like how I used to feel.” He was talking about another boy we’d just seen at the playground who had gone home sad …
Simple Ways of Encouraging Cognitive Development in Young Children
As parents of young children, we are always seeking the most effective ways to interact with them, either through a bonding experience or with a new activity that might keep them happy and entertained. But as we try to select …
Helping Your Kids Develop a Love of Learning
Helping your kids develop a love of learning is one of the most important things you can do as a parent. What better way to do it than with an activity that kids naturally love, like play? We are all …
DIY Candles
“How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a weary world.” ― William Shakespeare Candles are warm and bright reminders of the goodness that surrounds us, even when things feel dark and cold. …
Raising Great Kids: Dealing With Selfishness
Preschoolers are all about “me first.” They only look at reality in terms of how it affects them: I need all the cookies. I want to watch this TV show. Mine, mine, mine. It’s a self-absorbed time of life. Part …
Messy Goodness
I am not the kind of mom who likes disorder. Seeing items scattered around the house instead of in their assigned space makes me break into a cold sweat. Frequent usages of my time include organizing the fridge, discarding clothes …
The Unfurling
He’s looking at me with that look in his eyes, the one that holds the monsoon. The tears are coming, the fit, the fight. I think about just giving in, giving him another snack before dinner. I see his lips …