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Things That Work and Things that Don’t


Life around home

Some days my life flows with a serendipity that astonishes me. Other days, not so much. Where will I find a box of the right size?

January 21, 2021

Some of them I didn’t even have to make


Life around home

Someone had spread a glorious thick carpet under my bed, so that my toes sank deep into its silvery luxury.

November 25, 2020

My Choice of 2021 Planner


Life around home, Promotions

One of my sisters-in-law and I could talk planners all day long. We exchange WhatsApp messages comparing their perks.

November 11, 2020

Chat and a book title


Life around home

I really like the subtitle they created. Better still, they are listening to what I am trying to do, and I love that about them.

September 29, 2020

A slice of summer: Our June


Life around home

In my memory, June is a chilly and outrageously drippy month in our part of the world. What has come over this one, full of radiant blue-eyed days?

June 29, 2020

What we’re not good at


Life around home

This is not going to be one of those cutesy posts that says we’re not good at things like “holding grudges” or “ignoring people in need.”

May 29, 2020

Technology detox


Life around home

What do they do, little urban citizens of virtual worlds, when they arrive in a home where screentime for preschoolers is not prioritized? How do they live?

May 20, 2020

SnapChat


Life around home

You can call us crazy, if you want, and not in a good way. We have our moments of absolute certainty to that effect.

April 20, 2020

Boredom Busters spreadsheet


Life around home, Something from nothing

I have become an inadvertent homeschooler overnight, which is both an ego boost and a death wish. Help me with some ideas?

March 27, 2020

Very long hair care 101


Life around home

Being an Anabaptist woman, while fulfilling, presents certain challenges: such as where to buy good fabric and what to do with your long hair.

October 16, 2019

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Shari Zook is a wife, mother of four, and foster parent for the past eight years. She bakes cakes, grows herbs, and reads amazing books, but her heart is in nurturing children, crafting words, and connecting with women.

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