For the Love of Reading
I am fortunate to have a child who loves to read. This, to me, only makes sense as I love to read as well. But while taking stock of others in my life – parents and children alike – I find that the desire and drive has nothing to do with genetics.
When I was young [...]
Switching Your Family to Vegan Diets
Having just written a book about raising farm animals (with a future intent to filling your freezer) there were moments of remembrance of the day I once was a vegetarian. Moments of further consideration to change my style directly to vegan.
A lot of people have gone before me and many will follow after as it [...]
For Harried Home Schooling Moms
I recently found myself teaching Sunday School at church and bible study at the elementary school…
For those of you who didn’t know me when I was a city girl, let me tell you dealing with more than one child at a time (never let them outnumber you was my motto!), much less a roomful of [...]
Raising Great Children in the Country
If you’re no stranger to this website you’ll know why I’ve devoted an entire section to country kids.
You’ll also know that I began the celebration that is my daughter’s life alongside this website. But first I had to leave my fast-paced, high-stress, life in the big city, behind. Hence the name “GoodByeCityLife”.
Although the details of my [...]
