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From The Kid Lit Mama | My reflections on parenting, picture books, and staying grounded in your values—especially when the world feels overwhelming. I write about the books we read, the conversations they spark, and the work of raising kids who care.
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We Hesitated to Bring Our Child to Church. Here’s What We Found. (opens the original)
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Picture this: I am a first-time parent to an extremely active two-and-a-half-year old, fresh out of COVID times. We are visiting my parents, and they suggest we all go to their home church together. My gut says, this cannot go well. I’d been in enough churches to know why. Growing up, kids were expected to sit still in the pew, and if they couldn’t, someone would take them out of the sanctuary.I sometimes hear of people searching for their “church home.” But church cannot feel like home if child
Transferversaries, Waiting, and a Book That Gets It (opens the original)
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Note: This is a sponsored post.Something somewhat unconventional but very special that we celebrate in the summer is the Transferversaries of my two daughters. These are the anniversaries of the IVF transfers that helped bring them into our lives - one in August 2019, the other in June 2023.It is a lot of work to get to the point of a transfer, and you have no idea if it’s going to work. That date carries a lot of big emotions, and it is a real cause to celebrate.<a class="image-link image2 is-v
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