Note: It's been nearly four years since I wrote this post, but I notice this little human tendency has not changed... I heard about Gwyneth's comments and I couldn't help but chuckle to myself. Actress-and-mother Gwyneth Paltrow sent moms all over the country into an absolute … [Read more...]
8 Things I Never Dreamed About Homeschooling
The memory grows more worn with time and years of experience under my belt, but I still remember the early days of homeschooling, when I felt a little bit like a deer in headlights, thinking to myself sometimes, "Whoa! How did I get here?" Because you have to understand … [Read more...]
God’s Prescribed Fires
My stress level had reached its peak. If ever I was at my wits' end, it was that morning one year ago when I woke up in a house I didn't want to live in anymore on a mattress resting on the floor among endless stacks of packed and half-packed boxes. Not a stick of furniture … [Read more...]
5 Reasons You Should Go to a Homeschool Convention
There's no question about it: you can have a happy, fully successful homeschool year without ever attending a homeschooling convention. You can provide your children with a solid education and be a positive, focused, contented homeschooling mom or dad, all without ever setting one foot into a … [Read more...]
5 Ways to Make Homeschooling Miserable
I make no bones about it -- homeschooling isn't easy. But there are times, a lot of times in fact, when I think people make homeschooling harder than it has to be. I know this because I've done it! A few misguided ideas and poor choices can lead to … [Read more...]
Homeschooling Through the Winter Blues
Some folks call it the "winter blues", but whatever you call it, I'm pretty sure I've got it! I suffer from SAD: Seasonal Affective Disorder. And I'm not kidding. After years of struggling with a mild depression every winter, I finally had to admit that I really am … [Read more...]
6 Things My Kids Love About Homeschooling
If you think homeschooled kids are poor, naive, socially-deprived little urchins who either hate their homeschooling existence, or like it only because they know nothing else, you would be wrong. Like really, really wrong. For one, homeschoolers are more active and engaged and … [Read more...]
Seeing Treasures in the Bleakness
I am not a fan of winter. Cold weather, layered clothing, and dreary skies just don't appeal to me. Snow makes it more tolerable, at least from a visual standpoint, but snow is really cold and really confining. Not that we get a lot of snow most years anyway. No, … [Read more...]
January Book Share — Overwhelmed: How to Quiet the Chaos and Restore Your Sanity
Doing product reviews just isn't my cup of tea. I tried it. Really. But the truth is, when people give you a product for review, they want a favorable response, not necessarily an honest one. And too much honesty can seem cruel when a person or company has oozed kindness and … [Read more...]
A Peek at My Goals for 2018
I recently wrote about some categories worth considering as you set goals for the New Year. Well I thought it might be a good idea to share with you a few goals of my own! Sometimes I think it can help us to see the goals and objectives of others, not because ours should be the … [Read more...]
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