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Playtime is good for parents, too!
Many years ago, my first article for SOKY was about trying to slow down and capture those fleeting, precious moments with my family. I’ve tried to make that happen more often in my life. (I […]
Kari Carr
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Moving… and all its blessings-Parenting
I’ve spent the last three months in partial survival mode. Yep, that’s right. I just sold a house, packed it up, lived in limbo for a while, bought a new house, dealt with a bit of a […]
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Parenting stress
“Hey, Mommy”… “Hey, Mommy”… Over and over again I hear this sweet sing-song voice call, “Hey, Mommy” and then proceed to ask me a million questions. Or maybe she has a story to tell me […]
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Take advantage of quiet moments – however they happen
I’m sitting in my living room watching a soft, loose, powdery snow fall to the ground. The backdrop to this picture is a small grove of bare trees standing strong and dark on this gray […]
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Love in many ways
The season of love is upon us! Valentine’s Day is just around the corner and the store shelves have been stocked with hearts full of candy for what seems like a month already. For some, […]
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My stressed out, crazy, beautiful life
I’m overwhelmed. I’m not sure how things have gotten back to a point where everything seems so chaotic again. Could it be having four children? Could it be that all four children are here all […]
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Catching Memories
I’ve spent quite a bit of time during this quarantine trying to organize different aspects of my life. I’ve spent time sorting through clothes, cleaning out drawers and cabinets, organizing my teaching notes and teaching […]
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Recipes from My Kitchen to Yours
As I write this article we are still in the midst of COVID-19 and in week 6 of “Healthy at Home”. It’s been a strange several weeks, to say the least. I’m looking forward to […]
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Choosing joy
Raising children is hard. Much harder than anyone tells us when we are in those happy months of planning for baby’s arrival. Rarely does anyone expound upon how all of the sleepless nights leave […]