My husband and I are both native English speakers. I also speak Spanish on an intermediate level, so I can fairly easily have a conversation about most topics but often make grammatical errors. However, I have a strong desire to provide my child (and any children-to-be) with something I did not have: a bilingual or multilingual environment. I’d like for J…
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I have been blogging on-and-off for about ten years, since I was a teenager. Writing has always been my passion, and I wanted to share my thoughts with the world! Mostly, though, as a teen, I was just updating information about my family’s bluegrass band. Later, I wanted to share information about volunteering with refugees after having volunteered as an ESL…
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I am not a crafty person. I will just go ahead and say that right now. Most of my craft projects turn out less amazingly than I had hoped. So this post is more of an encouragement for my fellow non-crafty people than a “why don’t you judge my painting skills” invitation. My painting skills are not great, and my…
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Because I spent so much time staying in other people’s homes during my teenage bluegrass band years, I have watched the beautiful gift of hospitality displayed in so many different ways. Obviously, anyone who lets a family of 7 people stay overnight with them (or sometimes a week or two at a time) is a welcoming, hospitable, long-suffering person. But…
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I always want to make our money stretch as far as possible. In fact, after having grown up in a family of eight living on one income, I’m Mrs. Cheapskate. My husband has to remind me that I don’t always have to find the cheapest option–sometimes it’s okay to relax and live it up a little! However, he says that…
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