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Heard on the Street – Some inspiring, some hilarious :)

by Kay | Feb 1, 2013 | Laughter, Purposeful Parenting

It has been a while since I shared some MOAT street news. So here’s what’s going on around town. Ashley’s conversation with her son: Me: How much homework do you have tonight? Chase: (without missing a beat) Too much to help with dishes & stuff...

Motherhood-Induced ADD

by Kay | Dec 3, 2012 | becuase if you don't laugh, you just might cry, Laughter

Diagnosis of ADHD with one of our kids a few years ago explained a lot. Since the kid had little if no physical manifestations of meandering thoughts, it never dawned on us until dysgraphia entered the picture that the kid struggled to keep it together. Needless to...

The Mother’s Bill of Rights

by Kay | Nov 5, 2012 | becuase if you don't laugh, you just might cry, Laughter, Purposeful Parenting

Sorry to have been MIA last week. We had quite the moving experience. (More on that later.) As we sit at the cusp of our nation’s greatest privilege – exercising the right to vote – might we take a moment to consider our foundational rights. And...

More Car-Talk – Apparently Awkward

by Kay | Sep 25, 2012 | becuase if you don't laugh, you just might cry, Uncategorized

“Are you still mad at me?” I ask my tween girl. Due to multiple carpool pick-ups and a brother that met with his teacher after school dominoe-ing tardiness for my other drop-offs and pick-ups, she was late to her Bible study. I explained to her, as she...

You’ve Got to Laugh… Even at Midnight

by Kay | Jul 10, 2012 | Laughter

This made me laugh yesterday: Let me read it for you, “Why Fix Dinner… if it isn’t broken?” The kid sitting shotgun sighed, “My point exactly!” I couldn’t help but laugh. He’s a funny one. But he wasn’t so funny...

Bathroom Humor

by Kay | Jun 25, 2012 | around the house, becuase if you don't laugh, you just might cry, Laughter, Uncategorized

Rarely do I get a minute to myself. Especially in the summer. Don’t get me wrong; I’m a mother that lives for the summer and carefree schedules. I could never homeschool. My kids would be incredibly dull and light-years behind their peers academically...