by Caroline Crocker | Sep 6, 2024 | Being a woman, Faith
Not an Influencer Not all of us want to be famous, but let’s be honest. We all want to be remembered for something, even if we’ll never be an “influencer.” After a recent gathering of writers, where one could hear book descriptions from every side, I thought about the...
by Caroline Crocker | Aug 26, 2024 | Family, My books
Baby Book While cleaning out Mom’s home, we came across my father’s baby book. Those who read his story will know, but for those who haven’t, Dad was born in the Belgian Congo in 1933. His father worked as an accountant on the Capetown to Cairo railway. His mother was...
by Caroline Crocker | Jul 29, 2024 | Family
Eventually, almost everyone has to do it: move their parents. My husband never had to because he emigrated from England, leaving his family behind. He’s the exception. My siblings and I just finished doing it, and my husband helped. We spent over two weeks working...
by Caroline Crocker | Jun 10, 2024 | Faith, My books, Teaching
My husband, Richard, and I just got home from our first-ever home school convention: Home Educators Association of Virginia (HEAV). Let me hasten to add that I felt a bit of a fraud, considering I didn’t home-school my children. In their day, it was barely a thing. In...
by Caroline Crocker | Jun 4, 2024 | My books, Writing
Phew! Do you ever have seasons of life where, in retrospect, you realize that you just might have bitten off more than you can chew? Yeah. That. This has been quite a couple of months! On Sunday, the Fairfax Library cosponsored a book reading and signing of...
