Home Education Magazine has a great article by Deborah Markus called Being a Cheerful Rebel . Sometimes being a nonconformist...
[R]esistance entails conceiving of parenting as an act of rebellion against American culture. For example, for parents merely to...
True power remains with individuals. Ultimately we have the power to shape and even change lives. It is unleashed when...
We always expected our children to surpass their parents; after all, they have the advantage of standing on our shoulders, and of...
We brought Noah to church, but he's still nice. Jonathan loves going to church, so I'm not at all sure what he meant...
I've mentioned before that Jonathan is highly verbal, especially for a two year old boy. I hate stereotypes and the judgement of...
While doing a Google search for a friend's blog, I came upon this exchange on someone else's blog. To be fair, I know nothing about...
When Larry Summers, then President of Harvard, dared suggest that genetic differences between men and women might, in general,...
The Visitation , by Frank Peretti (W Publishing Group, Nashville, Tennessee, 2003) I believe it was Samuel Goldwyn who said,...
From what I read, people are getting tired of hearing about the benefits of human milk for human babies. Let's stop making mothers who...
The sad thing is, I'm not surprised. During the 18 months we lived near Boston we heard a lot about the Big Dig, experienced...
The State of Florida has seized a woman's assets and imprisoned her because they think they can make better decisions for her than she...
A 62-year-old British woman is being called selfish, ridiculous, irresponsible, and unnatural because of the recent birth of her son ,...
"Babymoon" is a term that didn't exist when I was having babies. I'm not too clear on the definition even now. To some it...
At his one-week appointment today, Noah weighed in at 10 pounds 15 ounces! That's a 12-ounce gain from birth. Jonathan had gained 11...
Congratulations, Discovery! A shuttle launch is my favorite kind of fireworks, and makes a great Independence Day show as far as...
Most of the news we hear about people with severe brain injuries (such as Terri Schiavo) is from a negative perspective: How long can...
Things just began to settle down a bit after Noah's birth when we had computer problems to deal with, but it's now a quiet Sunday...
Okay, so the wider dissemination of lesser-known comic strips is not the greatest use of the Internet, but it's fun. I've featured...
In case you want to see the newest of the World's Most Adorable Grandchildren before I get around to updating my own image collection,...
June 28, 6:02 p.m. 10 lb. 3 oz., 22.5" long, 15" head, 15" chest. This is the quick post. The birth story is...
Many, many thanks to all who have been praying! Mother and baby are radiant and doing well. More details after Jon posts to their blog;...
Jon showed me this Speed Bump comic (by Dave Coverly), and it's too good not to pass on.
The title says it all. We are now past everyone's guess but Heather's, but still only four days past D-Date, and Jonathan was five....
There's something delightful in hearing a two year old say, "I want some guacamole."