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  • Supporting Your Child’s Creativity Means Letting Them Dress Themselves

    When Raeleigh was little, I thought I was the one choosing her clothes. Picking out tops and bottoms that matched, adding bows, and making sure everything looked “put together.” But even then, she had opinions. She’d reach for patterns that clashed in my eyes but sparkled in hers. She wanted the necklace, the sunglasses, AND…

    September 5, 2025
  • From Video Games to the Range: Channing’s First BB Gun Experience

    While we were on vacation this summer, we stayed in a handbuilt log cabin on a small homestead in the Missouri countryside. It was the kind of place where life moves slower—and where the animals have just as much personality as the people. The goats (who kept escaping their pen), a couple of easygoing horses,…

    August 15, 2025

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