With March even closer than just around the corner, I find myself pondering about… Spring Break plans. There are a number of work activities that are way past due, but I look forward to writing letters to a couple of friends, pruning the flower beds, and welcoming spring. I want to sleep in on the cool morning and […]
8 Tasks for NOW before sending your kid to College LATER
Though my primary audience is homeschoolers, much of this advice is actually applicable for any parent of a middle school or younger high school child, regardless of the current method of education. At the beginning of this year, it occurred to me to try an idea that had been simmering within the old noggin for a […]
The Math Genius
Like any home educator, our heart is to give our children the best education possible. And like most home educators, along the way, there are decisions to be made—decisions that bring uncertainty and anxiety. I love the peace of Jehovah Shalom, and that occasional glimpse of His steady hand in the midst of our unsteadiness […]
Savoring Life’s Amazement and Wonder
One of the things we’ve been blessed to do over our 20 years together is to travel. Sometimes our trips have been semi-grand vacations, but more often, they’ve been treks through backwoods places and country roads as we hop in the car with Dad while he visits customers. Inevitably as we ride, we always laugh […]
How to Make Friends in 2012
Have you ever looked at your spouse and wondered what on earth you have in common? My husband is an extrovert; I am an introvert. When I worked in corporate America, a key component of my job involved a study of “type,” and how various traits and perspectives could be used to make people work […]