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The college domino effect started a few years ago in our house. With five kids, we knew it loomed on the horizon since the days when they were little tykes, convinced that swimming in a plastic pool in the front yard was as close to paradise as one could get. ...
Choosing which type of formal education for our children hasn’t been easy. As a teacher, the cons of the different systems have typically spoken the loudest to me. However, now that we have three school-aged children, I feel like we’ve stepped into a good rhythm with solid expectations for our...
Months before we got married and years before we became parents, my husband and I sat down and discussed where we would send our hypothetical children to school. OK, technically, I sat my husband down and fired a series of questions at him from a “before you get married” book...
Booing. Shouting. Finger-pointing. Adults getting up in one another’s faces, arguing against a call. All this I have seen—in an elementary school gym. In a Christian school, no less. “If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone” (Romans 12:18 NIV). “Be kind...
One of the hardest things after my husband died was not only dealing with my grief but also watching my children try to grapple with theirs. My youngest two kids were four and six years old. I had three coming-of-age boys (twelve, fourteen, and sixteen years old) who needed their...
