Parenthood

Snow Day Strategy: The Sequel

by Rhonda | Mar 3, 2014 | Parenthood

If snow days this school year were a book, we'd be on, like, the 14th chapter. At this point of 2014, I'm letting the school district handle the details. Too many numbers for me to keep track of, and I don't like math. Make up the days, don't make up the days....

9 Ways to Defuse Your Anger (Before You Take It Out on your Kids)

by Rhonda | Jan 23, 2014 | Parenthood

Getting angry is easy. It's a human reaction to stress, frustration, and people, in our lives. It's important to have ways to defuse that anger before it gets the best of us, especially as parents. When we yell at our children, we're taking out our anger on them. When...

Questions Moms Don’t Get Asked When Meeting Someone New

by Rhonda | Nov 21, 2013 | Parenthood

Insecurity can reign hard in the Mommyhood gig, can't it? Many of the judgments we think others place on us (or judgments we place on other moms and ourselves) are about insignificant things. A friend of mine who has five children pointed out that when people first...

The Boys Are Back In Town (And Completely Spoiled From a Visit to the Grandparents’ House)

by Rhonda | Aug 9, 2013 | Parenthood

Boys One and Two are home from spending over a week at my parent's house. They had fun. (So did we). My husband and I stayed there for a few days, attending a family reunion and hanging out in my hometown. At the end of the week, we took off with their little brother,...

Yes, Sometimes It Takes a Village (Also Known as the Body of Christ)

by Rhonda | Jul 8, 2013 | Faith, Parenthood

It was the first night of our church's VBS (Vacation Bible School). The VBS that is in the evening, and stretches past my children's bedtime, making each hot summer day a really long one. My husband, of course, was assigned to overnight trips each day that week Lots...

27 Questions I Want to Ask My Four Year Old

by Rhonda | Jun 7, 2013 | Parenthood

"Mommy, what's this? Daddy, why that?" It's curiosity, and we know it's good for them. But sometimes, the questions my four year old asks are just nuts. Questions he knows the answers to, questions no one could possibly know the answer to. And I'm tearing our hair...