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For Easter: A cross and a candy


Celebrations, Food

We made a new candy last night, for Easter, and it’s even a somewhat healthy candy. Almost. I found a new recipe offline…

April 14, 2022

A scheduled hospital intake


Uncategorized

If you want a prescription for building stamina, try accompanying a six-year-old on a 24-hour fasting cure test for hyperinsulinism.

January 20, 2022

My Three Favorite Children’s Books Without a Point


Literature

I love when art and literature and life experiences push me into the nonsense-hilarity of living and being human in this world. Just that.

November 8, 2021

Foster Care Awareness Interview


Foster care

“We all come to foster care with mixed emotions, histories, and motives. Please don’t forget that this story is not primarily about you.”

June 9, 2021

Christmas in the hands of a child


Celebrations

The Christ child has been invited to tea parties, where he enjoyed raisins and pretzels and little chocolate cakes.

December 17, 2020

To a lifetime friend


Memories, People

Someday we will look back on these days and say to ourselves, in our cracked old voices, “Well, honey, I don’t know how we did it back then.”

August 9, 2020

Book Recommendations: treasuries and newbies


Literature

One of my favorite memories with these books is reading two pages of “I Want My Hat Back” over and over to my niece, while she giggled out loud.

July 7, 2020

Foster care: Book resources


Literature

I love these books for their powerful imagery and empathy, building a bridge between those-who-have-firsthand-experience and those-who-need-a-window-in.

February 12, 2020

Making time for books in the mommy years


Literature

There are intense times of motherhood when you are too tired even to think. But if reading rejuvenates you, carve out a section of life for it when you can.

January 22, 2020

Bigger gifts for kids


Celebrations

Sometimes at Christmas, you want to give something a little nicer. These gift ideas also span an age range from toddler to teen, and come with our recommendation and delight.

November 29, 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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