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Books, Books – Monthly Reports, Motherhood, Quotations

Summer books… 7 great nonfiction reads

September 4, 2015

Did you miss my summer fiction reviews? Phenomenal: A Hesitant Adventurers Search for Wonder in the Natural World by Leigh Ann Henion “Motherhood affects everything, but…

Mindfulness, Motherhood

Warped time

June 11, 2015

Last month, as I was already getting teary at my daughter’s kindergarten graduation, her teacher said “you’re looking at the new class of first…

April reading roundup

May 4, 2015

* * * * * The Dream Lover: A Novel by Elizabeth Berg I have read every single one of Elizabeth Berg’s 20+ novels and…

March reading roundup

March 30, 2015

This month was an intense one as far as reading is concerned since I began studying and applying Mussar to my everyday life. I…

Home, Kindness

Happy anniversary to us!

November 20, 2014

I thought I’d rerun this anniversary post another year later, updating 12 reasons my husband is right for me to 13 reasons since it’s now…

Motherhood, Quotations, Spirituality

Recipe for spiritual parenting

April 4, 2014

“Mystical service means modeling calm in chaos, kindness amid anger, forgiveness at all times, personal integrity — to live, in other words, mindful that…