Shirelle Edghill

Since the age of 12, I have tried at least one and usually multiple diets every year. As an awkward, pre-teen girl I thought I should look like the girls in the Teen and...

  Our family's Advent traditions probably look different from what many American families are used to in the weeks leading up to Christmas. Growing up I always thought of Advent as just that time where...

Good coffee: Worth The Money and The Time In our house, coffee is an event that rises to the level of sacred ritual. Once, when making a list of life goals I wrote, "Have coffee...

In my previous post I talked about how I learned to parent with the help of the internet, and how, when my oldest son was diagnosed with autism, I came to believe that vaccination...

Parenting with the Help of the Internet My oldest son was born in 2003, just before the era of learning to parent with the help of the internet. In fact, as poor, broke college students...

In my last post I shared what you should do before you buy a home in Corpus Christi/The Coastal Bend to avoid the risks of lead-based paint in your new home. Today I'll share...

Know the Risks of Lead-Based Paint 2012 was an amazing year for our family. We had two healthy young boys and I was expecting our third child (our surprise daughter!), and we bought our first...

If you're a new parent to the world of homeschooling, you may find yourself completely overwhelmed. There are thousands of websites, hundreds of books, dozens of options for philosophies of education, conferences, and curriculum....

Moms often wonder if there is a secret to getting their kids to stop being so picky and to be wiling to eat more than just "kid food". I didn’t set out to be...

I opened my son’s daily work folder from school and saw the note, “Please bring a 2 liter bottle of soda for our weekly soda drive! Whichever class brings the most bottles gets a...