After posting my interview with Andrea Jonelle of the EPIC Homeschool Network, a sweet commenter asked what my time at the table looks like with an older, self-sufficient learner. As I thought about it, my answer was much deeper than the one-liner that was my original response, and I thought some elaboration might be helpful […]
Preparing Your Teen for College and Life
I have been away for a minute, but I also realize that there is no point in writing less it is inspired by what He has to say. So while I have worked on a post for almost a month now, He sent another word through a different voice. Please enjoy this interview with Jacqueline […]
Our Last-Last Year: What 2020-2021 Looks Like
(My subtitle might be “if the Lord’s willin’ and the creek don’t rise…) In any case, here I am, back again. I took the requisite time from writing in order to just…be, and to try and make sense of our non-sensical world. Whatever I wrote during this time would sound shallow, or would […]
How to Make an Impact
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 […]
Why Go to College (while still in High School)?
When I wrote my last post, I talked about expanding on my newfound love for community colleges. As I mentioned then, I once was blind, metaphorically speaking, but now I see. Dual enrollment—the idea of taking college-level courses as a secondary (high school) student and getting both high school and college level credit for those […]