I guess I’m a lot of things: a wife, a mom, a daughter, a sister, a crafter, a cook, a reader, a writer, a homemaker, a pianist, and probably a lot more too. But at the end of the day, I’m just a Christian trying to find and obey God’s will.
The second is this, Parenting by the Book (”the Book” being the Bible.)
Once I started this, I couldn’t put it down. It was one of the most refreshing perspectives on parenting I’ve read in a long time. An accomplished child psychologist who got saved after having spent his entire life devoted to family psychology, John [...]
Jameson has been learning to do more and more little chores for me, and this fall I’d like to put it all together into a little daily chart for him. However, other than a star at the end of each [completed] day, I’m a bit stumped as to how to reward a 3 year old. [...]
There’s another little man in my life. He reminds me every day that he’s not just the baby anymore. Nope, he’s all boy.
Right now, he’s playing on the kitchen floor with his big brother’s train station and trains. His crazy wiggles and scooches and squirms manage to get him where he wants to go. Now [...]
And so my babe turned three.
I lay down next to him in the dark, and his skinny little boy-child arm wraps around my neck. He snuggles close and talks of birthdays and trains and balloons and being three. And I close my eyes and remember laying snuggled in the dark three years ago this night, [...]
last night’s dinner! And boy, was it good!
I started with a take on their ratatouille:
1 onion
2 small eggplants
4 small bell peppers
4 small tomatoes
6 cloves of garlic
1/4 olive oil
salt and pepper
basil
Chop veggies into 1″ chunks. Roughly chop garlic. Mix all together with oil, salt, and pepper, and spread on rimmed baking sheet/roasting pan. Pop it in [...]
Thinking about:
– “For I am convinced…” (Romans 8.38)
– “…we overwhelmingly conquer.” (Romans 8.37)
– “Happy is the people…” (Psalm 144.5)
– About joy. About living out Good News. And how it boils down to this conviction — this being convinced — of God’s love. How that sense of being convinced needs to be my first response to [...]
Yup, my name is Danica. Like the race car driver, whose name I know, but whose career I know nothing about. A Nascar fan I am not. Things like reading, playing piano, gardening, cooking, sewing, writing, and keeping my bathroom bleached are more up my alley. Read more »My maiden name is Sinclair (not Patrick), and I come from good stock. (So says my husband, anyway!) I’m the oldest of 9 kids–and my parents are neither insane, uninformed, or Catholic. They’re actually the best parents you could ask for. Seriously. (And, consequently, I think pretty highly of my siblings, too, whose blogs you can access from the links below.) I’ve joined a new clan, though, and my husband and I have been “leaving-and-cleaving” for 2 years and counting. We have a son who you’ll read much (too much?) about. Oh. And there are pictures of him, too–hundreds of them–should you care to click on over to my flickr account. I’m a stay at home mom who is redefining that title–I literally stay at home as much as I possibly can. I love to be home! Home, by the way, is in Northern California, although my roots are in a lil’ ol’ town in Northern New York. Lastly, I take all blame for any ridiculous, outlandish, illogical posts. Anything worth commenting on or linking to is due to my husband’s encouragement. In the spirit of the Little engine That Could, “He thinks I can, He thinks I can, He thinks I can,…”, and sometimes, that’s all a wife needs.
