Unexpected Pregnancy and Unassisted Birth
This is a story about my experience with unassisted pregnancy and unassisted birth. But in order to do his story justice, I need to start months before he was even conceived. Right after my 3rd son turned two, I became pregnant. We were overjoyed as we had always...
Introverted Unschooling
It's not that we don't enjoy visiting and going out, we do, it's just that, as an introverted mother with a couple of introverted children (and a couple of extroverts too) we enjoy staying at home too.Late morning and my 9 year old is reading a novel beside me on the...
How Can Kids Learn About Money Without Allowance?
At this point, we don't give our children allowance. Partially because our budget doesn't allow for it and partially because we don't see a need for it. The most common objection we hear regarding this decision is "But how can kids learn about money without...
Normalizing Birth for Children
My eldest son witnessed his first birth around 1.5 years old. He stood with his little rubber boots on the fence and held on to the cable and watched as the calf emerged, feet, then face, then a wet body slipping out onto the bedding pack. I'd like to say it was a...
The Trouble With Tolerance
Tolerance is a buzz word nowadays. Everyone needs to be tolerant. We need to tolerate everyone's beliefs and lifestyles etc. But is that really what our goal should be? As Christians, we should move beyond tolerance. Jesus doesn't ask us to tolerate our neighbours. He...
Being a Christian in a Broken World
The sermon last week was on the sword of the spirit. The pastor reminded us that all the chaos in this world is not a matter of political or religious issues. It is not about flesh and blood. It is a spiritual battle. It is not an attack on a country or people. It is...
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