by Veronica | Sep 9, 2010 | Discipline, LivingOpenHanded, Raising Children
When I was pregnant with Oldest, I was practically bed-ridden with hyperemesis gravidarum, and therefore spent a lot of time pondering the fact and future of child rearing. Having grown up in a very conservative family, we were around many families who seemed to have...
by Veronica | Sep 8, 2010 | LivingOpenHanded
I’ve been away. Not in the physical sense, since we’ve not really done much traveling this summer, but rather in the psychological-absence-from-the-ability-to-write sense. I don’t like delving TOO much into the super-personal, but I’ve been...
by Veronica | Jun 30, 2010 | LivingOpenHanded
I’ve felt a bit like Suzy Homemaker the last few weeks. My flowerbeds have taken kindly to the care I’ve given them, and the tomato plants are promising loads of tomatoes soon. I’ve tested various recipes, one yummy one being honey-apricot pork...
by Veronica | Jun 7, 2010 | LivingOpenHanded
Rejoice Words and Music by Todd TwiningAll the earth rejoice Your Creator reigns As the only awesome God The Alpha and the Omega Who was, is, and is to come Let the oceans roar and the mountains sing He provides for all He has made So be comforted as He rules with...
by Veronica | May 6, 2010 | LivingOpenHanded
I bought three anthologies of Rudyard Kipling’s works before I found The Explorer printed in one. I had grown up hearing my dad quote it as one of the many poems he has memorized, and it had always struck a chord with me. The Explorer “There’s...
