If there is one constant in life, it’s change. So, it should be no surprise that after a certain amount of pride in my planning and other preparation for the best homeschool year ever (at least, since last year), we started it in a very different place this year–Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. […]
Plant Now, Harvest Later
I wrote this article in June of 2012. It was originally published on Heart of the Matter Online (now theendinmind.net) as “5 Summer Seeds to Plant for a Ripe Fall Harvest.” If you follow a traditional school schedule, these months of the year might find you sipping lemonade or sweet tea in the […]
Catapulting Your Homeschool with Social Media
There are mornings when I have to repent for waking up to answer the many notifications—Facebook, Twitter, etc., –on my phone rather than waking up to pray. There are mornings when I prepare breakfast, prepare for our school day, and manage a sundry of activities all while “catching up” on what my friends and family […]
Celebrating the “YOU” in Your Homeschool
The following post is re-blogged from August 2013. Inevitably, a number of will-be/ would-be homeschoolers ask a series of questions that, in essence, boil down to one looming thought: how do I/we do this? So I reposted these thoughts to encourage you, whereever you are in your journey, of one important thing: learn to become […]
It Doesn’t Always Look Like a Hallmark Card
Have you ever read a blog post and thought, “Dog-gone it!! I was going to write about that!!” That’s where I am as I write, so I am hoping that I am somehow able to neatly tuck my own thoughts into the words that have been marinating on my heart, mind, and spirit. […]