Author Archives: Linda Miller

Is there anything more frustrating and upsetting than a baby that you can’t keep from crying?  Any of you that know my youngest granddaughter know that she doesn’t usually cry. When she did start crying the other day I had … Continue reading →

Chinese New Year’s  is January 23.  It will be the beginning of the year of the dragon. Here is my favorite version of how the 12 animals were chosen for the years of the zodiac. Long ago, in China, the … Continue reading →

In an effort to give our 4 year old granddaughter individual attention, my husband and I have decided to do projects with her on Wednesday afternoons.   This week I decided we would bake communion bread.  She is a liberated … Continue reading →

I got caught by the after-Christmas sales and ended up with a workbench for the grandkids that required “some assembly”.  That is, it came as collection of unconnected boards flat in a box.  My husband, delight that he is, volunteered … Continue reading →

Starting next Sunday, January 8, the adult education class at LCH will explore the stages of morality in children and adults.  The course, entitled “Living the ‘Good’ Life: Levels of Morality in Children and Adults,” will be examining such qualities … Continue reading →

Last year my grandson put the devil ornament in my nativity scene in a timeout.  I blogged about it in Advent for a Six Year Old.  This year as we got out the Christmas tree ornaments he immediately grabbed the … Continue reading →

My 7 year old grandson just learned how to snorkel!  He has been playing around with the snorkel in the swimming pool for about a year but the other day he burst to the surface and yelled, “I did it!” … Continue reading →

As part of the beginning of Sunday school each year I put up a bulletin board addressing the theme we’ve chosen for the year.  This year’s theme is Stewardship.   Once I started putting up all the ways the children of … Continue reading →

“Most of our problems can be solved.  Some of them will take brains, some of them will take patience, and all of them will have to be wrestled with like an alligator in a swamp.”  When we were at the … Continue reading →

We are spending a few days in Chicago and have been walking our feet off taking architectural tours.  The city is absolutely fabulous!  One of the great buildings here is the country’s largest public library.  It’s not just its size that … Continue reading →