Category: Posts
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Busy Moms Do Piano
You’d never know it now, but I took weekly piano lessons for ten years of my childhood. I quit as a teen to focus on cheerleading (what??), and the powers that be promptly traded the family piano for a pool table. Today, I can scarcely plink out Hot Cross Buns, and am hardly a help to…
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Gratitude, A Practical Definition
Kristin Welch’s new book, Raising Grateful Kids in an Entitled World is so relevant and timely, I can’t seem to stop talking about it. #cantstopwontstop I shared my initial impressions here and here, but today Kristin’s launch team is considering the question, “What does gratitude look like in your house?” as a community, in a fun little Blog Hop…
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State of the Homeschool Address
School-life is so much more peaceful now, since streamlining the kids’ extra-curricular activities… even homeschoolers fall prey to the frenetic “more is more” hustle, sometimes. We all just want the best for our kids, and mom-guilt is a real thing, y’all. Firstborn hopes to attend full-time traditional school for sixth grade next fall, and I’ve frankly…
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Daddies Don’t Babysit
It seems that whenever I manage to sneak away, sans children, my grandma randomly calls looking for me. After Husband fills her in on my whereabouts, without fail she paraphrases back, “Oh, so you’re babysitting.” Bless her heart, she doesn’t know what she doesn’t know. Husband’s feelings aren’t exactly hurt, but the comment always garners…
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We Were On a Break
We were all grateful to enjoy a wee break over the Christmas holiday before starting school afresh in the new year. We’re back to the homeschool grind today, hopeful for success with our modified schedule for the new year.
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Resolute
In years past I’ve made (and kept!) ambitious resolutions for the new year… One year I read the entire Bible. Another year I fasted from chocolate. A different year, motivated by an upcoming mission trip to Africa wherein our team was instructed to never pick our noses for fear of getting sick abroad, I made that…
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Schoolhouse Rock
In my mind, the greatest perks of home-education are the flexibility and freedom. I’m the boss of this here homeschool! And in the spirit of the new year, we are invoking those claims with a mid-school-year adjustment… Frankly, we’ve been so busy driving “to town” three days a week to activities that we lack the free, unscripted time…
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52 Weeks With My Bestie
Do you remember your best friend from when you were ten years old? Of course you do, everyone does… Incredibly, mine is still a Bestie today– though we live a state apart, her faithful friendship is a true treasure. We got into heaps of mischief together as youngsters, but came to faith in Christ as young…
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Merry Merry
This is how much God loved the world: He gave His son, His one and only Son. And this is why: so that no one need be destroyed; by believing in Him, anyone can have a whole and lasting life. God didn’t go to all the trouble to send His Son merely to point an…
