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Melanie V
I was raised on Bainbridge Island in the breath taking northwest of Washington state. I grew up riding horses, hiking through mountains, and visiting the magical places sprinkled through out the Puget Sound. After graduating, I went on a YMCA summer youth exchange to Japan and later served a mission there for my church. I have nearly finished my degree in Family Science, and now live in Japan with my goofy, sweet husband and our 5 roll-around-and-laugh-all-day kids.
Articles by this Author
My children were drawn like magnets to the breath-taking ocean waves. The walk along the boardwalk had...bored them, so to speak, so what could be better than chasing some waves?
Party Poppers of Her Own Design
- By Melanie V
- Published 07/13/2008
- Joy in the Journey
There is nothing like going out to eat with children! Yet neither is there anything quite like the innocence of a child to season the earth with supercalifragilisticexpialidocious serendipity!
Motherhood and the Transfer of Energy
- By Melanie V
- Published 05/16/2008
- Lessons from Experience
By applying scientific principles to stay at home motherhood, we can see the effects of our investment.
Special Perfume for Graduation
- By Melanie V
- Published 04/12/2008
- Spiritual Moments
Daddy's little girl wanted to smell as good as she could for daddy's graduation.
From Princess to Queen
- By Melanie V
- Published 01/31/2008
- Joy in the Journey
Sometimes the leap over the hurdle from being a princess to becoming a woman who can govern in peace is hard, yet we are all meant to be our family's queen!
In highschool I drove my parents nuts by frequently missing the bus until an ingenious idea came to them.
My daughter chronically forgot her text books at school in an attempt to avoid doing homework until...