Mothers and wives  get discouraged because we are short-sighted. We believe our job hovers in the mundane for most of our days and the mundane hasn’t been touted for its …

I love how Jesus urges us, no, insists that we become like little children, especially since I get to constantly witness the minds of children. If you listen closely, they …

Part 1: Schooling Has Nothing to Do With Real Education, Part 2:Learning What Matters Most The tricky part outlining a “how-to” for a real education (provided you don’t want your …

(Part 1: Schooling Has Nothing to Do With Real Education–John Taylor Gatto) It is only once we see the problem with what Gatto calls “forced schooling that dumbs down children” …

Few books have ever affected me the way John Taylor Gatto’s  A Different Kind of Teacher has. Gatto, a 30-year veteran school teacher in a NY city school, quit because, …

Many new homeschooling moms feel anxious about their first years, worrying that they will not provide an adequate foundation for their children, having been (falsely) convinced that a professional has …

Dinner time is said to be a dying event. It has also been said to be a powerful place where people come together and forgive, share life, laugh and grow …

I can’t think of a belief more ingrained in our nature than the ours about love. The emotions that run high in a new relationship are so much a part …

I love the community that has grown here, particularly as we get to know each other through comments. I also love the way the comments allow all of you to …

For the second round of “Just Ask the Wemmicks” (where several of us Wemmick-Moms answer a reader’s question), hosted by Visionary Womanhood, a reader asks an excellent question that I …

She had ten kids too. So we were exchanging fun, big family facts during our hotel breakfast yesterday, as we trek our way to CO. Then she looked at my …

My oldest daughter had a brilliant idea and I’m all for sharing a good thing, so I thought I’d pass it along. Sibling friendships are of utmost importance around here. …

Our fast-paced, over-stimulated, distracted lifestyle is not only unhealthy on a number of levels, it’s unfortunately tragic; because it prevents us from grasping one huge, profound reality that shapes the …

I’m pretty busy these days. In case you can’t guess, I’ve been nursing. And nursing some more. And lovin’ on chubby cheeks. When I get the chance. Babies are awesome. …