------------------------------

Mothers Raising 
Noble Children

Becoming A Mother

Molly Mormon - Cathy Catholic - Polly Protestant:
What a Woman!
The perfect woman invades our sanity!

Remember When You Were Young and Dreamed of Babies?
When we were young we cherished our dolls.  Now we mother our babies.  They are a joy, a comfort, a love beyond comprehension.  They are also extremely demanding of time and energy.

Building the Home

Housewife to Home Manager - Making the Promotion Real
You have a 10 year old and you're still washing dishes?  Help!

Who Is In Charge Here?  Father Time or Queen Mother?
Routines and ideas to manage time while at home.

Continuous Homeschool or Life Breaks?
Guilt over mid-year breaks in your homeschooling or when life interferes with the schedule?  Here is inspiring help!

Raising Children

You Think You've Seen Tantrums?
Feeling overwhelmed by your little one?  Pulling your hair over a demanding and bossy child?   Frustrated beyond belief by a little angel who suddenly starts screaming?  Yep.  Been there.  With nine children I have seen more tantrums than a stage director!

Nursing a Baby in Public - When You Stand Alone Among Many
Because I have nursed every day for over twenty years I get lots of questions from other mothers.  Here is my response to one about nursing in public.

Just Let Me Cry!  Is That What Your Little One is Saying?
Understanding and responding to the Language of the Cry.

The Nerve of Some Neighbors!  or What Happens When YOU Are That Very Neighbor?
Keep perspective and teach your children about making it right when they are wrong.  Living in a neighborhood can be a wild and bumpy ride with nine children.  Here is how we worked out some strained confrontations.

Lock the Doors!  Put out the Closed Sign!  The Logans are Coming Shopping!
When my children were the ages of 14, 12, 10, 8, 6, 3 and 1 it was time to go shopping.  I hate shopping!  Ideas for shopping with children.

The Bestest, Mostest Perfectest Commercial Toy in My Home
Eighteen years ago I discovered the perfect toy.  Today, I still find myself purchasing it for my youngest little ones.

Bunny Day - A Delightful Tradition
Every year somebody asks me, "As a Christian, what do you do about the secular myth of the Easter Bunny?"  Read how our family rejoices in fun traditions and reserves time for tender and spiritual worship at the same time.

This is Normal?
Let's face it.  Boys are different from girls and to put it mildly, down right weird!

Spiritual Development

How Do You Have Scripture Study with Children?
Ideas for enjoying scripture study with children of all ages.

Teaching the Moments of Prayer
Life presents us with different types of prayer.  Each has its value in developing a child of faith.

Understanding the Language of Prayer
The words we use, the emotions we feel and the visions we see go into establishing our Prayer Language.

Seminary - Must We?
Every year I am asked by faithful LDS mothers faced with the new experience of LDS Seminary . . . Should we send our teens when they are learning so much of the gospel here at home?  Must we enroll them in that High School Class?  Here is my yearly response.  I have also included Chamrie's letter to such a question.  Chamrie is my third teen to graduate from Seminary and spent her last year on the Seminary council with a special personal focus on home taught teens.

Questions Mothers Ask - Should I Use a Preschool Curriculum?
Homeschooling is a new and sometimes frightening experience.  It is easy to worry about what to do even though our children are still very young.

Avoiding Mother Burnout
Suggestions especially useful to the home schooling mother.

Some Days Are Just Like That
New home schooling mothers think other home schooling mothers have these incredibly perfect days all of the time.  Take a look at an all too frequent reality!

Homeschooling and One Blessing of Old Age
One day I woke up old and loving it, I think it had more to do with perspective than with my age.

Teaching Personal Protection to Children
Unusual suggestions for teaching children how to be safe in today's society.

You Told the Children What? - Sex Education Logan Style
Teaching my children about the romantic side of life created more than a few chuckles.

What Were You Thinking?!?
Optional and Sequential Thinking Patterns
Handout for Home School Convention Communication Class
Two of the many ways the brain categorizes material and retrieves information are called optional and sequential patterns.  People can develop competence in both patterns but usually we are most comfortable with one or the other.  This article will help us understand how to prepare lessons or talks, shop, study, perform tasks and converse with others.

On Time?  At Least I'm Here!
 

Where Are You?
 
 

Outside Help

Using the C.E.R. or Original B.F.A. Curriculum
An excellent curriculum for Home or Private school that does not stress mother and encourages a love of learning.

The Unschooling Question
Home schooling since 1985, I've tried lots of methods including Unschooling.  Here are my thoughts on this emotional issue.

Expanding Our Family Circle

The Invitation Habit
We are an extremely social family and it shows in the every day use of our home by an endless stream of friends.

Seminary - Must we? - LDS Article
Every year I get a handful of emails from other LDS home schooling mothers asking my thoughts on seminary.  Seminary is the scripture study class program for youth in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

From My Heart

My Own Personal Story
Childhood Memories Worthy of Contemplation
Mother of My Children's Mother
An Adoption and A Healed Heart
You Mean I'll be a Mother-In-Law Someday?!?
More Babies?

Marshall, Our Little Angel
The following articles in order tell the story of our first baby, our son who was born prematurely and died in my arms as I was being held by Neil.  It is a tender and inspiring story, not one for those who want to avoid shedding a few tears.

Marshall Our Little Premature Angel
A Taste of Promise

The articles were written in the hope that they will help mothers realize just how normal chaotic life with children really is and how priceless the journey.