Stuck
After the young mother in North Carolina told me that she had been accused of not being a typical homeschooling mother because of the size of her earrings (see yesterday’s blog), she and her husband (I’ll call them Sarah and…
Month November 2013
Are Your Earrings Too Big?
A homeschooling mother told me recently that someone once told her that she did not look like a homeschooling mother because she wore big earrings. Then she showed me her earrings–the size was similar to the ones I wear. Am I…
My First Book of Words
Last night Ray and I visited our daughter Mev and her family. I enjoyed our conversation around the table, playing with dolls on the floor with Clara, and holding little Wesley. Back home, I piddled around trying to get things in…
Bicycle Adjustments
I grew up in the center of downtown Ashland City, Tennessee, right in the midst of all 2,000 of us Ashland Citians. My granddaddy’s store was behind us. My school was in view to the left and across the street…
My House is Undone
Rich man, poor man, Beggar man, thief, Doctor, lawyer, Merchant, chief. When I was a girl, we played a game in which we repeated this rhyme while pointing one by one to the buttons on our blouses. When we came…
Wholly Devoted
Gary and Jo are two of the most positive people I know. They married soon after Jo graduated from high school and recently celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary. We missed the party because we were out of town, but I…