This is a collaborative post. The ‘spirit of Christmas’ means different things to different people, but back in 1889, author Harriet Beecher Stowe summed it up perfectly I think, by saying “to give up one’s very self — to think only of others — how to bring the greatest happiness to others — that is the […]
I never personally feel as a family of six that we are especially ‘large’ in size, but certainly when I get asked how many children I have and I tell people four, they normally take a sharp intake of breath, followed by “four…really?” It does seem to be the perception of others that we have […]
Anyone who’s ever watched Wonder Pets with their children in the past will know the chant that goes along with the phrase “What’s going to work? Teamwork!”. Good teamwork is something that my parents instilled in me as a child. My parents, myself and my brother were a team. A small team who worked together. […]