Last week, we were having one of those days. Everything was frustrating and nothing I had planned for the day was working out. The kids were feeling a little trapped inside. The youngest was sick and a lot of my attention had been focused on her. I sent the kids outside to get some smooth…
February, 2013
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Yosemite Range of Light from Shawn Reeder on Vimeo.
Things like this thrill me. Especially living in the suburbs, I am grateful for the talent of others that can transport us to another place, to touch the thrill of nature, if only for a moment.
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The woods were my Ritalin. Nature calmed me, focused me, and yet excited my senses.
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Children learn by asking questions, not by answering them.
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Largely because of our work with Congo, our family has become involved with the African Community Center in Denver, primarily with the We Made This program. It’s been so thrilling to have the girls actually meet refugee women from other countries, and gain the perspective and depth of thought that has come with imagining what…
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Earth’s crammed with heaven, And every common bush afire with God: But only he who sees, takes off his shoes.
— Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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Praise each child individually for what that child is, and help him or her escape our culture’s obsession with comparing, competing, and never feeling we are ‘enough.’
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