Wow!  Has it been almost a month?  I looked at the date of my last post, and I thought about the number of days that I’ve meant to sit down and give an update.   I had so many plans—I have pictures of my youngest’ first lapbook on plants (her sweet potato is now a lovely vine […]

Pride?   Who, me?   Yeah, right.   If the truth be told, my toes are hurting from being stepped all over.  I am very proud of my marriage and our family.   People constantly tell us about the effectiveness of our skills and abilities, how wonderful our children are, what a lovely home/great life we have, and it […]

Such exciting things have been happening here, and I so wish that I could share them with you, but for right now, it all has to stay, as “Donkey” from the movie Shrek says, on the ‘hush-ity hush!’   Just know that our God is able to do exceedingly and abundantly over all that we can […]

While reading this Bible study lesson, I was ministered to the most by this quote from John MacArthur’s Twelve Extraordinary Women, making a point about Rahab’s ability to quickly hide the spies. He says, "The speed and ingenuity of her scheme to hide them suggests that she was experienced in this kind of thing. Apparently […]

Stephanie Gayle at homebydesign had asked me to share this information with readers.   Please pray for this young lady’s safe return and for peace for the family during this troubled time. UPDATED on September 27, 2007: This young lady was found.  Please continue to pray for the family.

Not long ago, I saw a report stating that the average person who considers him or herself a Christian has never read the entire Bible even once.   My jaw dropped as I read this several times.    Then I remembered that I wasn’t always who I am today in Christ.   There were many years when I […]

I was conversing offline (away from HSB), but yet online, with a dear blogger friend and sister in Christ about friendships, how people come and go in our lives, and the season of some relationships.  Don’t you just love how the Lord sometimes gives those in-the-moment opportunities to practice what you preach?   I had […]

We’ve been in school for about a month now.  In fact, we’re only a few weeks off from taking a week-long fall break!  Yet, I’m enjoying reading the posts of many friends who are starting school more formally within the last couple of weeks.    Inevitably, I read about the mom, new or seasoned at […]

 I’m enjoying Wednesdays so much.   We operate on a 4-day school week, so the day of mid-week downtime is a true joy.   I know these times are ending as the oldest takes on more and more academic responsibilities, but I’ll continue to enjoy these while they last.   After reading lesson 8, I chose to move […]

The kids actually turned on classical music by themselves yesterday!    For my regular readers, I’ve mentioned before that we’ve had fits and starts at using music as a part of our school day.   However, I am learning a lesson about how to relax and not force learning.   As embarrassing as this is to admit, at […]