Don’t make a scene! Wait for your turn! Do not interrupt others! Be nice! Don’t ask questions! That (insert behavior) is not lady-like! Watch your manners! Make yourself useful! Make papa/mommy proud! Don’t brag! If these childhood statements still echo in your brain on a daily basis, and you are struggling to find a balance…
Inclusive Workforce Starts with Small Changes: A Working-at-Home Mother’s Perspective.
Yesterday I almost cancelled a very important workshop because as a full time mother, who is also working from home, child care coverage is not always a guarantee. Here is the story: I am fortunate to live close to my family in-law, who watches my daughter when I have important presentations, whether online or in…
10 Bible Verses For Holistic Child Development.
Train up a child the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it. Proverbs 22:6 (I should simplify, even when they do depart, they will have always strong foundation and a map for a way back home.) One of the benefits of teaching verses to children is having…
A Strange Answer
I once asked a co-worker who had been working at the job for 10 years this question: « if you did not have your degree and were not working here, if you could do anything else in your life, what would it be? » She answered: « I would be on an island 🌴 barefeet…
Slow Silent Suicide Train
Silence (at the expense on our health) is suicide Suicide is a sin Jesus came down to free us from sin Therefore, I can count on Jesus to tell me when to speak up! I wanted to go back to philosophy 101 with this gracious deductive reasoning on salvation and freedom from unspoken barriers in…
5 Tips to Transition From Working to Staying-at-Home Without Losing Your Sanity.
“A woman is the full circle. Within her is the power to create, nurture and transform.”– Diane Mariechild There are several reasons women are transitioning from working full time to being at home. The Generation Report by Working Mother Research Institute found that 83% of millennials surveyed believe that one parent should be home when…
5 signs that you are going through an awakening.
“The world is not ready for you, but my dear, You are! Lady Trish This post is very subjective, but I like to think that I am not the only person in the world to have experienced an awakening. Maybe you will identify with all 5, and maybe you will not. But either way, you…
Who told you you were naked?
I heard you in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked, so I hid. And he said, who told you you were naked? ……. The woman you put here with me gave me some and I ate it….. The serpent deceived me and I ate it. To the serpent: No questions…. just…
Home Preschool Planning: Charlotte Mason & Classical methods
Train up a child in the way she should go, and when she is old she will not depart from it. Proverbs 22:6 I have reviewed all of the different types of home school curriculums out there and last week I have finally decided on the right ones for our daughter: Charlotte Mason and Classical…
Can you SEE the new thing?
I once heard a story about a donkey that was thrown into an empty well to be burried alive. After being thrown in there, people kept throwing shovels of sand in the attempt to bury him. But every time, he felt the sands on his back, he shook it off to the floor and galloped…
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