By Tracy Madlener “Yes, I homeschool my kids. No, I won’t take your kids and homeschool them too!” When other moms find out I homeschool my kids, it never fails, I get the same comments all the time… “I could never do that!” or “I don’t have the patience.” or “You must be a […]
January 23, 2013 12 Comments
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January 15, 2013 2 Comments
Are You Minding Your Online Manners?
By Tracy Madlener I find it interesting that with the rise of social media, there has also been an increase of bad manners, so says the poll of me. Am I the only one that notices rude or tactless behavior on the internet? Social media is everywhere and there are plenty of people who use […]
January 8, 2013 6 Comments
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A Bittersweet Christmas
By Tracy Madlener As a mother of two, I am doing the same thing that most other moms are doing since the tragedy of Newtown, I am hugging my children more than usual and at the same time, whispering a prayer under my breath. Like you, my heart shattered with the news of the shooting […]
December 19, 2012 4 Comments
Flocked Trees, Christmas Ninjas And A Borrowed Miracle
By Tracy Madlener It’s the holiday season once more and it never fails, I, Tracy Madlener become a mushy ball of sentimental goo with no rhyme or reason that even listening to Bruce Springsteen’s rendition of “Santa Claus is Coming to Town” will put me in tears! As soon as December 1 is marked off […]
December 13, 2012 2 Comments
The Gift of Present
By Tracy Madlener Yooo hooo! Yes, YOU… Did I get your attention? Are you here with me? Well you must be if you’re nodding your head wondering what the heck I’m talking about. BUT, you’re here! You’re here with me and no matter what I’m saying, you’re right here with me. Yes, yes, I can […]
November 17, 2012 8 Comments
The Homeless Hopeful: Homeless Youth Can Overcome!
By: Tracy Madlener I lived on my own at the age of fourteen. Then again at fifteen, and one more time, this time, permanently at seventeen. I’m sure you’re wondering how that can be? Well, my mom remarried someone that I did not get along with, she had my little brother with this new man […]
November 12, 2012 4 Comments
There’s a Stranger in Your House…
By: Tracy Madlener There’s a Stranger in Your House… … and he’s showing your child everything and anything, age appropriate or not, with videos and pictures that can be quite graphic. There are conversations between child and stranger and enough information is provided by the child to the stranger and then given to the rest […]