Parenting

Meet My Favourite Guy: A Q&A with John (Part One)

When I floated the idea of doing a guest “interview” with John, he was agreeable, if a bit skeptical. He wasn’t convinced anyone would have questions for him.

I knew better. And, you had so…

Guest Post, Marriage, Parenting, Personality Insights
Sep, 17, 2025
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My Kids Don’t Read (Except They Totally Do?)

A quick post today with two simple questions:

Do audiobooks count as reading?

What about re-reading the same book over and over?

Is it a straightforward yes? A hard no? Or somewhere in between?

I find myself…

You Asked, I Answered: Chores, Choices, and My Childhood

When I asked for blog topic ideas recently, many of you mentioned parenting — both my relationship with my own parents and how we raise Belle and Indy.

Here goes…

Q: “You seem to have a…

Ask Me (Almost) Anything, Home, Parenting, Personality Insights
May, 21, 2025
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Fourteen Years of Regular Solo Parenting: What I’ve Learned and How I’ve Survived

Several years ago, I wrote a post about my solo-parenting experiences. (It was on my “old blog,” so unfortunately, I can no longer link to that).

When I asked readers for new topic ideas, Katie…

Ask Me (Almost) Anything, Family, Hard Things, Life, Parenting
Apr, 24, 2025
52 Comments

Wordless Wednesday: A Winter Walk in the Woods

Exercise, Joy, Life, Nova Scotia, Parenting
Feb, 12, 2025
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Christmas Treasure Hunt 2024

Today marks my final Christmas Gifts of 2024 post. (I promise!)

Years ago we came up with the idea to create a Christmas morning treasure hunt for the kiddos with a series of clues leading…

Bible Verse Clues: A Christmas Tradition

We celebrated Belle’s first Christmas with dear friends. And that was the year they introduced us to one of their beloved family traditions. A few years later we had adopted it as our own!

On…