Well, since I wrote last about the power and place of grace, I should show myself some in neglecting my blog for the last couple of weeks. The good news is that I did exactly what I described in the last post: I spent time and gave attention to each of my family members according […]
It is a conversation that I have had a few times during this time of year—moms who are frustrated with struggling, distracted kids. I am convinced that weather can affect the homeschool mindset on any given day just as much as comfort with the task at hand, or a healthy, filling breakfast, or a restful […]
If September was the month to back up a few yards and punt, then October was the month to hang on. Even with a week off, I still feel as if life happened in a blur. Perhaps, in fact, that week off was the problem: it took me out of my routine enough that I […]
There are certain truths that no one tells you about homeschooling. No one tells you, as one example, how much time you will spend wondering if you are doing enough, if you are doing it right, etc… No one tells you, as another example, that without dogged determination to do something different, homeschooling can be […]
September is the month to… Walk out all of the plans I had for school in shoe leather, and to understand what is actually working and what is not. With a few weeks under our collective belts, I can fall out of love with what looked so beautifully simplistic during the summer. It is the […]