April 26, 2023
by Maralee
Comments Off on When You Don’t Want to Need Your Village
My son participated in a track meet in another city this winter. Track season is usually in the spring, but he conditioned all through the winter and participated in an indoor meet outside of what the public school typically offered. … Continue reading
April 14, 2023
by Maralee
Comments Off on Self-Talk for Touched-Out Moms
I genuinely love being physically affectionate with my kids. . . until I don’t. I have eight kids and my oldest is 16. That’s a lot of years of dealing with kids when they are at their physically neediest and … Continue reading
February 8, 2023
by Maralee
Comments Off on Dear Marie Kondo- Welcome to the Mess of Motherhood
Dear Marie, I read a headline recently that I originally thought was a joke: Marie Kondo admits she has “kind of given up” on tidying up after having three kids. Hilarious. But there’s no way that could be real. As … Continue reading
December 5, 2022
by Maralee
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My family has a yearly tradition of reading a chapter a day of the book of Luke, leading up to Christmas. It has been such an enriching experience that helps center our holiday season on what is most important to … Continue reading
December 4, 2022
by Maralee
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My family has a yearly tradition of reading a chapter a day of the book of Luke, leading up to Christmas. It has been such an enriching experience that helps center our holiday season on what is most important to … Continue reading
December 2, 2022
by Maralee
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My family has a yearly tradition of reading a chapter a day of the book of Luke, leading up to Christmas. It has been such an enriching experience that helps center our holiday season on what is most important to … Continue reading
November 30, 2022
by Maralee
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A couple years ago I read a little wisdom that if you want to help keep Jesus at the center of your Christmas season, you should read through a chapter a day in Luke. There are 24 chapters, so you … Continue reading
November 10, 2022
by Maralee
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Yesterday I was driving my six kids to a foster parent training class when one of my children said, “I want to see that Kung Fu Panda movie. The one where he finds his REAL dad.” I felt my stomach … Continue reading
November 2, 2022
by Maralee
Comments Off on I Don’t Need You to Lie to My Kid
I had an experience this last week that’s left me a little unsettled. I don’t like being unsettled. I took my daughter in for an appointment with a pediatric dentist. We typically all see the same dentist, but she had … Continue reading
August 25, 2022
by Maralee
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This is an edit of something I originally wrote back in 2013 after an interaction with my mom’s cousin, Warren. I wanted to share it again (with some tweaks) because I heard from my mom last night that Warren passed … Continue reading