| The MOAT Blog by Kay Wyma

Love in the Form of Extra Rice

by Kay | Jul 9, 2013 | ... on life

I think Chipotle puts some type of addictive special seasoning in their food that makes a couple of my kids think their day cannot be complete without a chicken burrito. Sort of like the ice tea at City Cafe To Go for me. I wish I was joking. And like Starbucks, there...

Independence

by Kay | Jul 5, 2013 | ... on life, Uncategorized

It’s hard to come away from celebrating the United State’s birth of independence and not be moved. We celebrate independence because a group of people, frustrated by what they outlined in the Declaration of Independence as an over-reaching and...

Who Came Up With That??

by Kay | Jun 24, 2013 | ... on life, Laughter

So many times I wonder, “Who came up with that?” And “Did they even think it through?!” I mean seriously. The number of things I could live without as a mother continues to rise. Not because they’re bad things. But because I constantly find myself digging out of a...

Table Talk: Do You Know You’re Beautiful? by Erin Schreyer

by Kay | Jun 20, 2013 | ... on life, ...on faith, Purposeful Parenting

Today’s Table talk is by our friend Erin Schreyer. When I saw the following FB post on Erin’s page, I hounded her to write a moatblog entry on the subject. “When we mothers focus our attention and resources on trying to look younger, skinnier or...

Thoughts from the Laundromat – The Great Equalizer

by Kay | Jun 17, 2013 | ... on life

Recently we moved. With seven bodies in our house, boxes are not our friend. So, like the Tasmanian Devil, I (and my forced labor) tore into those things and put everything away in three days. Still, a few straggling issues remain. And a few unexpected issues arose....

Moving Memories

by Kay | Jun 3, 2013 | ... on life, Purposeful Parenting

Nothing like moving to get your summer started off with a bang. Well actually to get your summer started exhausted. Exhausted and eager to purge … and reflective. Reflective and sappy. Seriously. Upon opening boxes (or “packages” as Jack so positively saw them) and...