by Jessica Bolyard | Aug 15, 2014 | Faith, Fellowship
I recently heard about an elementary school trend moving across the country. A little boy in Pennsylvania apparently saw other children at his school missing out on fun at recess because they didn’t have anyone to play with. For one reason or another, they sat...
by Jessica Bolyard | Aug 13, 2014 | Faith, Family
It was supposed to be our errand-running day before she started school. We had places to go and things to do, and I had planned on taking full advantage of the entire day by leaving the house early to get everything done. The night before, I had laid out a detailed...
by Jessica Bolyard | Aug 11, 2014 | Faith, Family
We flew past the tiny car, its driver lazily puffing on a cigarette as he crept down the road. I had places to go, and his under-the-speed-limit driving wasn’t working for me. As we passed him, she gasped in the back seat: “Mommy! That man was making a BAD...
by Jessica Bolyard | Aug 6, 2014 | Faith, Family
I don’t know quite how I’m supposed to feel today. And to be honest, I’m not sure how I actually do feel. I took my little girl for her first day of kindergarten this morning, and ever since the moment of her walking away – enormous backpack...
by Jessica Bolyard | May 16, 2014 | Faith, Family
It’s one of those days. I just dropped my little girl off for her last day of preschool. Her last day. As in, the next time I take her to school, she’ll be in kindergarten. At an elementary school. For eight-ish hours in the same building as twelve year...
