As a writer, few things are more pleasing than when people are blessed by my words. I am humbled by the feedback that I have gotten most recently regarding my posts about common mistakes and things I wish I’d known, etc. Yet, somewhere in the midst of coming off as the alleged know-it-all (unintentionally, […]
10-Year-Old Girl’s Night
In my post about our daughter’s high school graduation party, I talked about the fact that I am a non-party planner. I also “voiced” my frustration about the fact that we did not get pictures at the actual party. In the first post, I spoke of taking LOADS of pictures when our son graduates […]
Letting Go of Older Children: Prayer, Prepare, and Apply
When I am not teaching our three children at home, I sometimes teach adult learners, helping them “blow the dust off,” shall we say, of academic concepts and skills long lost and forgotten. Not too long ago, at the end of an entry-level course, I asked the students to assemble into small groups and answer […]
The Race is NOT Given to the Swift…
After our three-day weekend, I sat down on Sunday night with our son’s school planner and a very simple plan: wake up early and get a full day’s school in before the older two leave for dance classes and I drive the youngest to her book club meeting at the library. But I forgot some […]
A Party for the Non-Party Planner
May 11th. That’s the day of our city-wide homeschool graduation ceremony. As I put together these last 9-10 weeks of lesson plans, I am constantly reminded of how close that date really is relative to today. Even more staggering, for lack of a better word, is the fact that our oldest has even less time […]