by admin | May 7, 2021 | nurture, raise
All May, here in A Rooted Home, we are exploring the stunning and transformative power of grace in the series, An Invitation to Grace. Jennifer Thompson is our first essay in the series. Jen is a freelance writer, blogger, stay-at-home mom of four, and wife to her...
by admin | Jun 17, 2020 | exceptional boys, nurture, raise
An open letter to my oldest on his 15th birthday. You turn fifteen today in the near middle of this wild and crazy year, and there’s this thing I have been meaning to tell you about who you are. I have let fear keep me from saying it because well, you’re only...
by admin | Jan 14, 2019 | nurture, raise
It is that time, we find ourselves still in the lingering glow of the new year. The threshold has been crossed with wide-eyed wonder and possibility. Promises that this year will be the year echo everywhere. At two weeks in, reality begins to seep into the edges of...
by admin | Oct 16, 2018 | exceptional boys, lead, raise
As I sit here, my boys are heavy on my mind. Our girls, our boys, all of our children hold weight in my thoughts. By all accounts the five sons we are raising fall under privileged white boy status. We are not wealthy by any means, but that is not the privilege I am...
by admin | Sep 21, 2018 | adventure, nurture, raise
Summer is over. It has been for awhile according to my boys. If you entered a craft store at some point, you were being sold its ending in July, when the foam pumpkins dared to take up position on the shelves. Inevitably once the school bell rings on that first day,...
by admin | Mar 6, 2018 | lead, nurture, raise
It’s evening, we are all gathered around the table, in between pickups and drop-offs, homework and practice, signing forms and organizing schedules, we have this precious time together. Looking in, it would seem anything but — we are loud, a mouth is open while...
