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RWM: One for you, one for me
This week I had a phone call with someone that left me in tears and feeling emotionally upset. One of my daughters asked me later on, “Are you ok?” I answered, “Okay for now.” Which reminded me of one...
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RWM: My Monster Mama
My Monster Mama loves me so, Let me tell you how I know. I was sitting in the BYU ballroom at a dinner this month, watching a “Family Home Evening” given by President and Sister Samuelson and one of...
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Mmmm: Lemon Drop Cookies
If you like lemon drops, chances are good you will like these cookies. Lemon drops rank high on our family’s favorite candies, and so when we were introduced to these cookies, the recipe also became...
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RWM: What motivates your child to read?
Reading is one of those critical ways to nurture a child. One summer, I decided to draw this picture of a yellow brick road leading to a magical city. (I think I chose that theme because we had been...
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RWM: Mysterious Benedict Society
I have so enjoyed reading aloud in some of my children’s classes over the years. Previously, I have read picture books, short stories, story excerpts, and poetry. This year it has been particularly...
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RWM: Shelters, Shacks, and Shanties
I started a book this week, Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder by Richard Louv (Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2005). In it, the author describes a book he...
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RWM: Miracles on Maple Hill
Just today I was thinking that one of the lessons I learned from getting quite sick nearly 7 years ago was that for mothers, there is only one person who is in charge of taking care of mother, when it...
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SOS: What gives me energy to push
Just after I finished my post about the labor of going back to school, I found and watched these three short videos. I realized that these videos beautifully describe what keeps me going. They describe...
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RWM: How can I help my children understand and apply what they read?
My sister, Becca, does amazing things with her children every summer in their family summer school. She spends a week at a time on a topic, such as hot air balloons, and they read, watch, and listen...
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RWM: The Velveteen Rabbit
Some children’s books really help you feel the Spirit as you read them because they discuss a true principle and our hearts resonate with it. When I read this book to Anna recently, she cried. I know...
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