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 […]