When I married my husband, I married a single dad of two young children. One of my earliest memories of our time together was observing a weekly routine that he had with seven-year-old Ashley. Every Sunday evening, they had a standing date for David to paint her fingernails. Hair still wet from the shower and […]
Barre Work
The first time I walked through that very ordinary doorway, I entered a portal into a different world. It was an unexpected discovery, a world of beauty and grace. Girls lined up against the wall like dominos in a row, one behind the other. Alone, each was not so different than me. Wispy girls with […]
The (New) Best Part of Back-to-School
This fall marks my 22nd year of parental participation in the great American tradition we call “back-to-school shopping.” Twenty-two years of buying mustard-orange pencils, blue-lined paper and slick 3-ringed notebooks. Twenty-two years of assessing and filling in wardrobe gaps – most likely to include new tennis shoes and a larger version of last year’s jeans. Twenty-two years […]
From Culture Wars to Culture Care
It’s been a rich few weeks. An encouraging, exhausting, and inspiring few weeks. On June 20th, I had the great privilege of enjoying the intersection of two families I love: the Story Warren community and our Charlotte community. The weeks leading up to Inkwell were exciting and hectic (Did we really sign up to do […]
Books for Boys – Why it Matters
Editor’s Note: In the aftermath of our family conference, Inkwell, we have some new folks here at our site. I thought it would be a good idea to share Julie Silander’s post on a subject so many of us as parents find challenging. If you have no worries in this area, then great. But many […]
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