by Dawn | Apr 16, 2015 | parenting
I’m in the sneaker aisle. I’m a bad mom. I let the boy play in puddles and now he has no shoes for school. “You really should get him a second pair of shoes.” I know. I hate shopping. I go into the store, I get stressed about the choices, how...
by Dawn | Apr 8, 2015 | parenting, religion, Teaching
I told Declan the story of the Passover the other night. Too many people separate Judaism and Christianity. I imagine being a Jew in the time of Jesus–Romans, poverty, political turmoil. Being a Jew in the time of Jesus was sort of like being a colonist...
by Dawn | Apr 1, 2015 | parenting, writing
Our first book is live. It’s about a little dinosaur who annoys his mom. I wrote the words, and the brilliant Sarah Steenland drew all the pictures. I’m late in releasing the education book I’ve been working on forever. That’s because the...
by Dawn | Mar 20, 2015 | parenting, technology
“Hey, Mom!” said Declan. “I can post to Facebook and I don’t even have one.” I wasn’t listening. There are two categories of things that come out of kid’s mouths–things to ignore, and things we should notice. This was...
by Dawn | Feb 2, 2015 | parenting
“Why do fancy ladies hate farms?” Declan asked. He woke up with this earth-shattering question on his mind. “I don’t know,” I said. “Seriously, Mom. Maybe they hate farms because they dress so nice and farms are dirty?” He...
by Dawn | Jan 4, 2015 | family, parenting
“You know what today is?” I asked the boy. I was sitting at the computer. Declan looked over my shoulder. “What?” he asked. “Payday. That’s the day I give away all my money and pay the bills.” “Don’t give away your...
