by Donna | Apr 30, 2018
The scene was a common one for this “young mama” (then!) of five children ten and under (so far!): I worked my tail off all day long and still felt like a complete failure. My husband came home from a typical twelve hour day to my cries of “I didn’t get anything done today that I needed to do” and “I just don’t understand why I can’t get more done as long as the day is and as hard as I work.”
And once again, he answered with sweet words that pointed me to prioritizing, something that I was still in the process of learning: “Did you rock and feed the baby?” I nodded yes.
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by Donna | Oct 29, 2015
Triff. Not a word you hear just every day. But a word, nonetheless. Because I said it is! 🙂
Many years ago, early into my cottage class teaching of homeschoolers, I had favorite words/sayings that I made up to write on kids’ papers.
Two phrases really–
TRIFF—short for terrific
Wowsie, wow, wow!
If a student got one of these marks on their paper that week, they knew that they had done a great job.
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by Donna | Aug 31, 2015
I love being a mother! I have loved every stage of it–from being pregnant to having a son turn thirty-three this year! My husband and I have been working a lot on the slides and handouts for our parenting seminar (“Raising Kids With Character”) and for homeschooling conventions, so all of this prep has led me to this blog post.
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