5 Things I’ve Learned by Letting Stranger Stay in My Basement

by sdevalve@cedarville.edu // January 15, 2018 // No Comments

You Can Tell A Lot About Someone by their Trash. This one makes me chuckle every time I clean the apartment because I can tell so much about what someone did in the last 24 hours by seeing what is in... Continue reading →

Discipline For the Weak at Heart

by sdevalve@cedarville.edu // January 12, 2018 // 7 Comments

Discipline. The word itself sends shudders of dread into every parent. Although I am known for being open, authentic and honest, having a conversation about our discipline strategies terrifies me. We are all so different. We all parent differently, and... Continue reading →

The Word of the Year

by sdevalve@cedarville.edu // January 10, 2018 // 14 Comments

I used to frown upon people who picked words for the year. So cliche. But I did it last year, and I’m probably never going back. Last year I chose the word “Freedom”. I started the year off struggling with... Continue reading →

Life Lately December

by sdevalve@cedarville.edu // January 8, 2018 // 1 Comment

December was quite the month! It seems to have gone by in a complete blur. I went through my pictures and found things that happened in December that I felt like were YEARS ago. Seriously. We kicked off December by... Continue reading →

December Reading List

by sdevalve@cedarville.edu // January 5, 2018 // 1 Comment

I know, I know. December is so last year. Literally. But I need to recap the books that I read in December, because some of them were so good that they need to be on your TBR (To Be... Continue reading →