Above No One’s Pay Grade

The truth is NEVER above anyone’s pay grade.
Barrack Obama says he will not yield on this fundamental issue — that is, what is supposed to be a woman’s right to choose.  I am not an American, but am very concerned about this struggle between a culture of life and a culture of death in the [...]

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A Good Parent’s Third Priority

This is the third installment of “Putting Family First”, posted here for easier access.  The first part of the article can be found on a separate page on this blog.
Leading By Example
In taking care of ourselves, we thus become an example to our children of how one should treat oneself and others and why; how [...]

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Mission Possible: Putting Family First

On 3 May 2008, I gave a talk entitled, “Mission Possible:  Putting Family First“ at the Mom, You’re Incredible! event, which was sponsored by the Neeje Association for Women and Family.  I am posting an article based on the outline for that talk on this page.  Because of the length of the article, it will [...]

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For Love and the Glory of God

My children have recently discovered the game of badminton. Thanks to a sale at Canadian Tire, we are now the owners of a badminton/volleyball set that originally came with four rackets. The set is now down to three sound ones and a fourth that is – sadly – quite broken. (This broken racket found itself [...]

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Chronicles of a Mama

If you’ve cared to look for something new on this blog for the past two and a half weeks — I must apologize for not having posted anything at all. I didn’t fall off the face of the earth. I’m still here and am just finding my way back to blogging after being [...]

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Home Sweet-smelling Home

Our home smells amazingly good right now. I finished baking these potato pies called pirojki, the recipe of which I got from the blog of Farida, a very personable young mother from Azerbaijan. I had my children kind of roaming around earlier, hoping for some of the pies. I let them each [...]

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A Taste of Paradise

A sense of gratitude and appreciation for other people’s work and help is so important. It is, unfortunately, not encouraged enough these days. It’s almost as if a lot of people go around with this attitude or belief that they deserve good things and only good things. And since they deserve it, [...]

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Slightly Random Musings on a Sunday Afternoon

Two hours ago, my feet were icy cold. As I compose this blog entry, I am in our basement trying to stay warm in an old, grey sweater (my kids say it looks like a bathrobe….I think it looks chic…..) and someone’s thick, beige socks (definitely NOT chic). I say “someone” because no [...]

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No Flowers Please

It was a good day today. No heart-shaped cards or flowers or chocolate-covered cherries in candy boxes. No candlelit dinners or romantic music playing in the background. It was perfect.
I don’t know about you, but I do not care for the hype that the commercialization of occasions such as Valentine’s day invites. [...]

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Highly Recommended — Batteries Not Needed

I’d like you to meet my daughter Isabel. She is 6 years, 7 months and 22 days old, and was born after we had had four of her brothers in succession. You can imagine how thrilled we were at the birth of a girl after years of hoping for another one. My [...]

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