From my last post (part 1 on this same subject), I voiced how intriguing I thought this question was, among all the questions that are asked about this month: “What does black history teach us about God?” Though not an all-inclusive list, I envisioned myself sitting with tea in hand, relaxing on a comfy couch, […]
I am often intrigued by the responses of people regarding our celebration of what is commonly called Black History Month. It speaks to how much race is still core to who we are as Americans; it also speaks to how fragile we can be on this same subject. Perhaps we simply confuse discussions of race […]
After posting my interview with Andrea Jonelle of the EPIC Homeschool Network, a sweet commenter asked what my time at the table looks like with an older, self-sufficient learner. As I thought about it, my answer was much deeper than the one-liner that was my original response, and I thought some elaboration might be helpful […]
There is, for sure, a certain irony to a post about time when you have not slowed down to update your blog in a number of weeks. Yet, I still like to think I have something to offer to the community about time management, and I was happy to share it with Andrea Jonelle of […]
I have been away for a minute, but I also realize that there is no point in writing less it is inspired by what He has to say. So while I have worked on a post for almost a month now, He sent another word through a different voice. Please enjoy this interview with Jacqueline […]
Curriculum. It is the bane of the new homeschool parent’s existence–the decision that would seemingly affect all other decisions, and the conversation piece that dominates the earliest discussions surrounding homeschooling. But there are other decisions that are, believe it or not, more critical than choosing curriculum, from my perspective. In fact, giving some thought to […]
(My subtitle might be “if the Lord’s willin’ and the creek don’t rise…) In any case, here I am, back again. I took the requisite time from writing in order to just…be, and to try and make sense of our non-sensical world. Whatever I wrote during this time would sound shallow, or would […]
I can remember our daughter starting her spring break (I should say “our” spring break given that I needed it as much as she did), when the community college announced they would take an extra week as a precautionary move against the spread of the virus. If memory serves, the word “pandemic” had yet to […]
And just like that, words like “corona” and phrases like “social distancing” became a part of our everyday lexicon. There is enough information–and even more misinformation–bandying about such that I will not try to re-educate anyone on what has happened in our country in a matter of weeks. But I must say, when school districts […]
February, an already short month, quickly became a blur as I took time to invest in myself–a rare, but necessary endeavor. After all, as much as I enjoy the feel of my superhero cape flying in the breeze, every now and then life shows me that I cannot juggle all the balls and juggle them […]
We attend a predominately African-American church in the city–a large church located in the middle of the “hood,” a church with an eye for social justice and community uplift. Celebrating the contributions of people who look like us is a regular, integral portion of our time together. Yet as I grow older, I realize how […]
In an earlier post, I talked about the ongoing impact of non-traditional entrants into the traditional homeschooling community. One dynamic I discussed is that there are more conferences that are specific to these non-traditional audiences, where mentorship is strongly encouraged and race, color, and ethnicity are relished as valuable attributions for teaching. I spoke to […]