by Jacque Sorenson | Mar 8, 2019 | General, Inspiration, Marriage, Mothering
Civility: politeness, courtesy, respect, mannerliness, graciousness, consideration, gentility. Think of what can be lost when a family doesn’t practice civility at home -opportunities to connect; to work as a team; to support one another; to learn patience and...
by Jacque Sorenson | Mar 7, 2019 | General, Inspiration, Mothering
Ha! This is one of our family’s most frequent movie quotes. Do you recognize it? It was hissed at the clock maker, Hiram Flaversham, by the evil Professor Ratigan. Do you remember that part of The Great Mouse Detective? Photo by Arno...
by Jacque Sorenson | Mar 5, 2019 | General, Inspiration, Mothering, Self-care ideas
Do you ever get out of patience because it seems as though you are teaching and learning, but you don’t know if you or your children are making any progress? Teaching and learning are kind of like growing out a bad haircut. It takes 1000 times longer than you...
by Jacque Sorenson | Feb 28, 2019 | General, Inspiration, Marriage, Mothering
I’m excited to share an article with you that a dear friend recently shared with me. {Thank you Ann!} She reports that it was written at least 40 years ago and has no byline except, Anonymous. Knowing that this was written before many of you were born, I offer a...
by Jacque Sorenson | Feb 26, 2019 | General, Inspiration, Marriage, Mothering, Self-care ideas
It never ceases to amaze me how misaligned our beliefs can become. Do we sometimes think that our life won’t really have meaning until we accomplish some big and public thing? Or that what we do in family life each day somehow pales in comparison to what we or...
by Jacque Sorenson | Feb 12, 2019 | General, Inspiration, Mothering, Self-care ideas
I’m so proud of you! I’m so proud of us! Photo by Florian Klauer on Unsplash Wow, we made it to day 30! Huuuurah!!! So now I ask, what did you learn about yourself during this process? Have you spent more time building your reserves? Have...
