My husband has seen God’s divine rehearsal on his job, and it has been mind-blowing to sit back and realize where God has brought him within one year. I posted about his trial of faith here, and to look at his results now, you’d never believe that he went through what he went through such […]
Our Own Special October Treats
I am so proud of myself—if I felt any better, I’d be twins! We are leaving on tomorrow to make a slow trek over to Mississippi to add to our Civil War studies. So, I actually put away our history studies today. Me, suspending a subject? Stepping into the abyss of uncertainty known as delight-directed […]
Rewriting More History
“The fatal mistake is in the notion that he (the child) must learn ‘outlines,’ of the whole history… of the world. Let him, on the contrary, linger pleasantly over the history of a single man, a short period, until he thinks the thoughts of that man, is at home in the ways of that […]
Back to School
I actually completed over 90% of my list! Tammy thankfully took the time to blog about the blessing of housekeeping from a book by Cheryl Mendolson. The book, Home Comforts: The Art and Science of Keeping House, incidentally, is listed on Ambleside Online as a resource for a home economics book, and I’m almost convinced […]
Fall Break
We run our school on 4 sessions of a 9-week-on, 1-week-off schedule, and so we’ve come to our Fall Break. I think I needed it as much as the kids. For sure we’ve had a rough start this year, and the hurricane didn’t help me psychologically. One of my many blessings was the decision to […]