Have you ever considered whether or not you might want to homeschool your child? You have my permission to run away, now. Promise not to hold it against you! The chances are strong that this post is not going to make me any friends. My friends who are in their early days of homeschooling might …
There are so many stories that this picture tells. Click for a closer look: maybe you’ll see them. This picture tells the story of an immense love shared by a young married couple: a love so deep that the young couple was willing to risk their very happy married-without-children lifestyle, to see what might happen …
This is a post I wrote on my experience homeschooling, as a guest post, on a website called Hip Homeschool Moms. As I was deciding what I wanted to share with you today, I thought maybe “A Look at Homeschooling From the Rear View Mirror” would be a great title for a post that would …
Well, looks like I truly am back in the saddle again, in more ways than one. The school year has begun again, with a vengeance. And we have realized that with all the activities we have said “yes” to, we are going to be behind the wheel of our car, driving, every day of the …
I feel British Petroleum’s pain. No, seriously, (sorta) I do. Because here in the Boonies, we, too, are in the midst of a massive cleanup effort. It is in the bedroom of one of my dear children. And today, that child is working on the closet. And by faith, I believe this child may someday …
Life is full of transitions, isn’t it? I mean, really, when is it not? We go from being little human boneless skinless chicken breasts: limp and helpless as they come, to purposeful smiling, to lifting our heads, to rolling over all in the blink of an eye. We become terrible toddlers, and then learn to …
How would you like to move in to the cabin pictured here? What? No takers???? Once, many years ago, I had the pleasure of visiting a cabin that was originally built in the 1800’s. (NOT the one pictured here.) The owner of that cabin had lovingly restored it, detail by painstaking detail. He had also …
At present, I am beginning as a member of a wonderful Bible study with some dear ladies from my church. It’s a Beth Moore study of the Psalms of Ascent (Psalms 120 – 135) and the study itself is entitled “Stepping Up: a Journey through the Psalms of Ascent”. Today I read and meditated on …