Feeling Patriotic About President’s Day
This past summer, something amazing happened when our extended family traveled to my old stomping grounds in Washington, D.C., to take a tourist tour of…
This past summer, something amazing happened when our extended family traveled to my old stomping grounds in Washington, D.C., to take a tourist tour of…
With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, we are all wondering what our men have planned for us. While I will admit that something sparkly…
I was in my 30’s and had two small children. A young mom, whom I didn’t know very well, had come to visit. She was…
It needs to be said. For a mzungu (a foreigner), Christmas on the Equator is a little … weird. You’ve got the sun shining away…
It’s the Christmas season again. Time to get out the decorations, visit with family and prepare for tantrums, stripping naked, and for asking to go…
Each year around this time we lovingly unwrap the nativity set that my mother made for our family a decade ago. Each fired piece of…
Idea #1 – Prepare a meal together as a family and take it to a sick or elderly friend this week. Idea #2 – Encourage your…
“Mrs. DesCarpentrie, do you have room for one more?” It’s a question I have been asked several times from a Department of Children & Family…
I love this time of year and everything about it! The tree, decorations, and parties! If you were here in person, I’d fix you hot…
What are you doing for your Christmas homeschool break? Shopping? Traveling? Opening your home to family and friends? Have you thought about adding “volunteering” to…