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Music Lessons Engage Your Child’s Heart

Whether to take music lessons is a question on many people’s mind. Maybe your child has shown some interest, or maybe you as a parent have had that feeling common to many: “I wish I had continued!” The decision to take music lessons or to put your kids in music lessons is not a small…

Dallas Holocaust Museum: An Upstander for Human Rights

As I read through Corrie ten Boom’s The Hiding Place again with my thirteen year old daughter, the incredible suffering many experienced during the holocaust of World War II humbled me once more. Sometimes it can be challenging in our comfortable worlds to remember how blessed we are. Visiting the Dallas Holocaust Museum is a…

Questions that Generate Quality Thank You Notes

I’ve been spending time with a true southern lady recently, and she’s reminded me of the importance of sending thank you notes. However it can often be challenging to come up with quality content to fill a card. I’ve found that asking good questions to generate ideas can make this process simple for the sender…

Strengthen Your Reading Muscles with the Classics

I recently enjoyed a debate with some teenagers about what makes a good book. We were reading a classic with which they were struggling to connect. This started a lively discussion on the merits of reading this book. Was it a good book? What makes a book good? My final conclusion was that a book…

Strategic Tic-Tac-Toe Board Slam

My son discovered Strategic Tic-Tac-Toe on Cool Math Games when he was younger. It is such a interesting twist on an old favorite. When trying to come up with a new math game for their Challenge IV class, my son and husband collaborated with their class to take the traditional Board Slam (or National Number…