We arrived in Anchorage last night and headed over to our bed and breakfast. Before our trip, we found a B and B up here that costs less than our usual chain hotel. Our host promised a big breakfast that includes her mother’s bread made…
Daddy loved to explore Tennessee and Kentucky. On countless Sundays Mother or Daddy opened a front door of our two-door white Ford Falcon (our car before we got the VW bus), so that my brother and I could push the front seat…
A new homeschooling family has moved into our area. Though I haven’t seen her face to face since she and her family moved here, the mom (I’ll call her Sara) and I have spoken on the phone a few times. I called Sara on…
Children are copycats! When I was a young mother in Oxford, Mississippi, I taught the four- and five-year-old Bible class with Lillie Fay, who was a master teacher. On one Sunday evening, we were teaching the children about the Lord’s…
I grew up with a daddy who loved to go and a mama who was willing to sacrifice to satisfy his wanderlust. They weren’t going to let the smallness of Daddy’s paycheck keep us at home. Since Daddy worked until…
John and Audra sent Ray and me home from Henry’s birthday party with three sets of party favors, one for each of us and one for Clara. Our favors were inside miniature sand buckets. Each included stickers and a craft kit, plus a…
