If there's anything I love about homeschooling, it's the ability to take any subject of interest and simply run with it! Just the other day a conversation about the White House somehow turned into a conversation about the secret service, which turned into another conversation about the … [Read more...]
11 Confessions of a Thoroughly Imperfect Mom
Not so long ago I heard from a reader who was under some misconceptions about me. You see, social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, and the "blogosphere" are designed to let people share a little of themselves with others. Note that I said "a little" of … [Read more...]
4 Reasons We Don’t Start Our Homeschool Early
I realize some homeschool moms are adamant about it: They need an 8:00 start time for their homeschool or else they feel like they've frittered the best part of their day away. And I understand some people are super-schedulers. Schedules make them happy, make them feel secure and at … [Read more...]
11 Household Items that are Better to TRASH than Clean
I've pulled bookshelves and cabinets, picket fences and enamel buckets out of people's trash or away from their yard sales and I've scoured and scrubbed and cleaned and painted to give them new life. I mean, if something is valuable, or if it could be, then going that … [Read more...]
3 Reasons to Take a Family Trip in the WINTER
The very word “vacation” conjures up images of flip flops and swimming pools and sandy beaches warmed by a hot summer sun. Surely summertime provides the most idyllic time for a family trip. Or does it? Why do we so rarely consider winter when it comes to planning a … [Read more...]
Five Ways to Make Visitors to Your Church Feel Welcome
Have you ever wondered what it would be like if they did online reviews of churches in the same way they do of restaurants and shops? Scour the internet and you'll actually find a few, but reviews of this type tend to be emotionally or politically-charged rants more often than … [Read more...]
Taking New Year Inventory of Your Homeschool
There’s something about the New Year that makes you want to reevaluate your entire life: Your relationships. Your priorities. Your diet. Your checkbook. Your sock drawer. But what about your homeschool? While I realize January isn’t the start of the school year … [Read more...]
7 Things Every Mom Should Do More This Year
Whether you're a resolution-maker or not, most of us can look upon a new year and think of at least 100 things we would like to do more and do better in the year ahead of us. There are a few things I think every mom should do a little more in 2016. I need to do them, and I'm … [Read more...]
Why I Don’t Read My Bible Through Every Year
Sometimes there are posts I'm hesitant to write because I fear how they might be misconstrued. Believe me, it isn't hard to write something one way and have readers take it quite another. And never... I mean NEVER would I want to do anything to upset good, established devotional habits, or to … [Read more...]
Behind the Scenes in Bethlehem — A Christmas Message to You and Your Family
I wasn’t there to see the place for myself, of course, but I would guess the Christmas card portraits of Bethlehem on the night of Jesus’ birth are probably…well…questionably accurate. I mean, they always present such a perfect little Judean town: Clean. Quiet. Peaceful. Charmingly aglow … [Read more...]
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