Reading Time: 2 minutes Schools may be closed due to COVID-19. But learning doesn’t have stop. Here are some activities to engage your children that require limited supplies (and often limited supervision). All you need is online access.
What Scares You?
Reading Time: 2 minutes I’m always reminded at the beginning of March about the day I decided to take a leap of faith. It initially had nothing to do with the start of Lent. But I now re-examine those lessons learned at the beginning of this season of reflection.
Spinning Tales of Family Lore
Reading Time: 3 minutes Beneath the dirt and grim of streets patrolled by gun-toting, smooth talking gangsters, laid the Corrupt City’s true underbelly. It’s a world that came alive with rumrunners, bootleggers and speakeasies. This secret world, not for the faint of heart, attracted some of Chicago’s newest residents- recent immigrants seeking a world of opportunity. Among them was …
The Great Baking Disaster (Video Included)
Reading Time: 1 minute The holidays are here. Like any good mom, I’m rolling out to dough to decorate Christmas cookies with my children. It’s fun, right? Not really. Baking is rather stressful. By the time I done, my kitchen is covered in sugar and flour, mysterious goop cakes nearly every baking tool, smoke is bellowing out of the …
Give Thanks with Thankful Jar (Video Included)
Reading Time: < 1 minute What are you thankful for this holiday season? Gather around the dinner table and take a moment to discuss the day and those every day moments that bring joy. We all experience ups and downs in life. Taking a moment to be thankful for just one blessing can reframe life. My oldest daughter came up …