As of five minutes ago, Our Sunday Visitor and I are under contract for my manuscript, A New Kind of Motherhood: For the 21st Century Woman Discerning an Extraordinary Vocation.” The book is for young women who want to do something great with their lives and wonder whether motherhood may detract from their success….
Read MoreThis is my first time to be a true housewife–I am a housewife with an Italian twist. When my kids were little, I taught part-time. Then I stopped teaching at the university and began homeschooling, which is very different from being a housewife. It is a very special kind of work. Although I was…
Read MoreSebastian is having typical 5-year-old nightmares. All of our kids went through this phase. Well, one of his nightmares was that our master bathroom was the throat of a monster and if you enter the bathroom, you’ll get swallowed up. So he has refused to go in the bathroom alone for 2 months. We…
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Words cannot describe how much we enjoyed meeting Mom, Dad, Leah and Hunter (and Malcolm!) in Davos Switzerland. It was really fun spending time with Leah who had us laughing the whole time, and Hunter is doing incredibly well. It was great to hear about his work and life. Dad and Mom…
Read MoreThe high school situation here continues to boggle my mind. While it is true that we are incredibly fortunate to be at this particular school with a warm and loving community, it is still daily mayhem for our kids. One of my high schoolers hardly ever knows when her tests are. Last…
Read MoreOne year ago, Papa Ronnie and Jane came to our house in Texas and watched our six kids while Ron and I flew to Italy to find a place to live and schools for our children for our upcoming move. Exactly one year later, it is almost impossible to comprehend how much has changed:…
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