I came across a few pictures that illustrate an important teaching tip that makes mentoring our kids MUCH more EFFECTIVE and INDEPENDENT. Teaching tip: Don’t Block Their View. Make sure you are in a position where you are not blocking their view of the very thing you are trying to teach them. I see this…
DetailsYou can read an updated “about me” here but I have kept this in tact as it represents where my family and I were within the first few days of beginning Cultivating A Home. This post does give different details than the current “about me” page. So, read both if you have an extra few minutes…
DetailsCirca 2000. John, Alexis, and Kelsey. Something that I started doing when the children were wee little thangs… was to memorize Scripture.. put to our OWN tunes.. while trying to laugh along the way… making it a fun experience and memory. The picture above shows a little of what it was like. We’d memorize a…
DetailsOn Facebook yesterday, I nominated MYSELF for a “FUN MOM Alert.” It’s something that I usually write in the comments section, under OTHER moms’ photos or posts on Facebook, when I see that they are clearly doing something FUN with their children. I just simply write “Fun Mom Alert” and leave it at that. Yesterday was one of those days for me, so…
DetailsI’ve spent several years, sloooooowly ENGAGING the Psalms. I used the word engaging on purpose to better describe that I was not just merely reading; I was diggin’ in to this rich book of the Bible. I was INTENTIONALLY looking for the characteristics of God. I was also asking “Just WHY is THIS particular Psalm…
DetailsWe’ve all sat in church near a family that was blind to their noises and commotion. You know what I mean… the candy wrappers, the feet kicking the back of the pew, the sound of markers squeaking or crayons going back and forth on paper… and that’s not even to mention talking, laughing, getting up and down…
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