Perspectives in Parenting

When we adopted our son, I thought we had it all figured out. We had connected with adoptive families in our church and community. We read all the books and attended all the classes. You couldn’t have convinced me...

Which one is yours? I nod toward the squishy four-year-old, plumber-squatting to retrieve a palm branch. Such a little lady. The quizzical look on the fresh, young mom’s face is impossible to miss. The unspoken question: Sooooo. Is she your grandchild? *Sigh*...

Growing up on a blueberry farm, with acres and acres of woods to explore and streams to dig in, I was the oldest of three girls, and I was most definitely a tomboy. I went hunting and fishing with...

Gilmore Girls aired its pilot episode in October 2000 and 24 years later, we’re all still rewatching it on Netflix. The show follows the lives of mother/daughter duo Lorelai and Rory Gilmore as they navigate a messy but wonderful...

It feels like forever ago that my life was dramatically changed by adoption. I remember hearing about the foster care crisis and how few homes were available for kids in need. While the numbers tugged at my heartstrings and...

Are you ready for it? TIME's 2023 Person of the Year, 12-time (probably more after Sunday night) Grammy winner, Primetime Emmy Award winner, first tour to hit one billion dollars in revenue, 40 American Music Awards, 40 Billboard Music Awards,...

Our most valuable resource is time. Time with children is even more finite; the window to have them all to yourself is short! While family vacations are memorable, there's something truly special about taking solo trips with each child -- creating...

“The only parenting hack is grandparents.” I saw this meme on Instagram and it simultaneously made me want to laugh and cry. I am the mother of three young children. My parents, whom I adore, live in a different time...

Everything I’ve learned about parenting I’ve learned from watching Bluey. Just kidding, sort of. If you’re not familiar with the extremely popular animated series, Bluey, it’s an adorable story that follows the Heeler family on imaginative adventures set in Brisbane,...

Two boxes of her jewelry-making supplies, a box of jewelry she had made and had planned to sell, two oil prints of prominent Williamsburg, Virginia buildings, her iPod and cell phone, approximately 24 thumb drives that housed all of...