by Shari Dragovich | Oct 31, 2013 | Faith, Home Front, Mothering, These Days
Tonight when all the little ghosts, goblins, Marvel superheroes, and minecraft blockheads are tripping from house to house threatening candy or else, my children (the three left who trick-or-treat, that is) will not be amongst them. No. I am not against Halloween as a...
by Shari Dragovich | Oct 11, 2013 | Home Front, Mothering, Superman & me
Last night I sat in my basement family room, listening to classical music and the sounds of my three youngest children’s plugged-in games in the background, brooding over my unfortunate circumstances. I was at home, while Superman and my second son were watching my...
by Shari Dragovich | Jul 6, 2013 | Home Front, Mothering, Ribbon Box, Women's Issues
I know a woman whose daughter came into her womanhood at too young an age. The girl’s body—so confused by its extreme malnutrition, lack of stability and absence of a father for much of her life’s early years—kicked into high gear and developed itself without regard...
by Shari Dragovich | Jun 26, 2012 | Adoption, Home Front, Mothering
Our family’s last week could easily be defined by wins and loses. We wrapped up our baseball season and both teams our children played for (the triplets on one team and Isaac on another) found themselves in championship positioning. We started with Sam, JB and Risa’s...
by Shari Dragovich | May 31, 2012 | Adoption, Faith, Home Front, homeschool, Mothering
Last weekend I attended NC’s Home Education Conference with my children. Yes. You read correctly. I’ve attended homeschool conferences the past four years – with friends, not children — and every year I see mothers toting their littles around with them and...
by Shari Dragovich | May 16, 2012 | Bookmarks, Children's reading, Currently Reading, Faith, Mothering, Reviews, Women's Issues
I’m reading The Yearling to my children. The Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Marjorie Kennan Rawlings is set in the Florida scrub forests surrounding a poor yet sturdy family, the Baxters, living amongst an island of pines post Civil War. The story is written...
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