Family Centered Living™

      You’re the parent of a five-year-old child who is still not potty trained.  You get all kinds of advice.  You may even be criticized.  You may wonder if there is some underlying medical reason that your child can’t seem to do his or her business on the toilet.  After all, your other [...]

        …in Concord     Come walk with us through the snowy streets of Concord, Massachusetts, home of Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne, and Alcott. Though generations have passed since they strolled the lanes of this historic town, much is yet unchanged. Several of the original buildings stand just as t

      Lussekatter   This recipe is wonderful for making with your children. It helps build anticipation for the special treat to come in the morning. Have them lay a tray with a special linen cloth, or pretty printed napkins (also available from the Gift Chalet) For more information about St. Lucia’

      It is when winter is at it’s darkest that we celebrate the coming of the Light, and the turning of the season that will bring longer days once again. Most people are familiar with the Jewish feast of Chanukkah, and how the menorah in the temple burned for eight days when the [...]

    Boutis Whole cloth quilts from the Provence region of France.  Boutis, meaning “stuffing” is a variation on the 17th century matelasse quilting style.  Rather than placing a sheet of batting between two layers of fabric, these quilts are made by quilting two pieces of fabric together, then stuff

The Auditory Learner
 - Has an excellent vocabulary
 - Is a capable grammarian
 - Is a good speller
 - Expresses himself verbally 
- Is a good story-teller
 - Has a good memory for facts and details
 - Has excellent reading comprehension 
- Enjoys word games such as Scrabble ™ and Boggle ™
 - Often

“Which Mass do you go to?” It was an innocent enough question. “I don’t go to Mass” “Oh… You wanna come with us?” Two of my neighbours went together each week. They walked down and back when the weather was nice. “If we go to the 10:15, there’s donuts after.” “Sure. Let me check with [...]

Our kids don’t go to ‘regular’ school. My husband and I work from home. We own a menagerie of pigs and goats, and geese, and chickens and turkeys… and sheep. We are the parents of eight children, and would happily welcome more. We rarely go to the mall. We seldom go to the movies. Our [...]

For most of the past twenty years, I have been awakened in the dark of night by a small person who needs to be held close, comforted, nursed. And although there are still times I long for an uninterrupted sleep, I have come to discover something beautiful about those midnight wake-up calls, and ulti

Love. It is the greatest of virtues. It is also, perhaps, the least understood. Modern culture defines love as a feeling, an emotion. But feelings, by their very nature, are temporary. What happens when the feeling goes away? What happens if that feeling never even manifests itself in us in relation