My Rock of the Ages

When my kids try something new, I can turn into Hover Mother. Last month, my 12-year-old son was asked to run slides for a praise music performance. He was excited, and I was nervous. How would he manage? So I… Read More

Our New Driving Lessons

An open letter to my children,
When you learned to ride a trike and later a bike, we showed you how to use the pedals. We taught you safety rules – always wear a helmet, look both ways before you… Read More

The Night and Day of the Broken Branches

We knew an ice storm was coming toward us but did not think it would be bad.  Our pantry was stocked.  At first, the storm was a regular sleet/ice storm.  We spent the early part of the evening watching an… Read More

If It Was Good Enough for Jesus, Then It’s Good Enough for You

Here we are in a tight economy, and it’s prime time for us to go back to the basics. Not just the basics of reading, writing, and arithmetic, but the basics of our faith. We can teach some new lessons… Read More

In All Circumstances

“What’s a dollar menu?” a friend’s son asked us years ago as we went through a drive-through.  “It’s what we choose our dinner from,” I answered. 
“My family doesn’t do discount stores,” a girl told a friend of mine this… Read More

Rotisserie Wrestling

My Christmas was complete! I got a new rotisserie so I could roast my own chickens, watch them turn, and save money on gas. Richard was at work when we decided to tackle putting the oven together. First step in… Read More

We’ve Got the Son in the Morning

Herod’s Roman occupation of Jerusalem would have been a tough world in which to survive.  He was ruthless.  Many of his family members were executed:  his wife, along with her grandfather, brother, and mother, several of his sons, and many… Read More

Pencil Wars

Homeschool conventions always have great workshops on how to get started, how to teach, and how to select better curricula.  I’ve yet to see a most useful topic: Surviving the Pencil Wars.
A pencil is more than just a tool… Read More

A Lot of Homeschool Kids are Wonderful

Today, I learned another perk to being a homeschooling mother: no time to waste watching daytime television like “The View.”  I smiled with amusement tonight when I heard that Joy Behar said on air, “a lot of them are demented… Read More

One of Five Stones

Maybe he was too young to know better.  He had no military training and was so underestimated by his own family that his father forgot him when a prophet came to visit.  His brothers’ army was outmatched.  The man taunting… Read More

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