Memory Day
I got a romantic email on Saturday. Though Ray, John, and I were together at the North Carolina convention, Ray still sent me an email, a daily encouragement just for me. He reminded me that exactly forty years before, we…
I got a romantic email on Saturday. Though Ray, John, and I were together at the North Carolina convention, Ray still sent me an email, a daily encouragement just for me. He reminded me that exactly forty years before, we…
Last October Ray and I spent two weeks traveling through North Carolina, meeting with homeschoolers across the state. One of the blessings of being at the convention yesterday was getting to see some of them. Our theme last October was…
Ray and I got to our hotel in Winston-Salem last night just in time to check in and head over to the airport to pick up John at 9:00. We filled up the luggage cart with our usual: two garment…
When Ray and I got ready for the day Monday morning, we knew it would be a full day. Sweet Lura, the last Notgrass cousin from Ray’s daddy’s generation, had died last week at 91. Ray and I wanted to…
The Urbana Free Library was a homeschooler’s dream when we lived in Illinois. We found old copies of the beautifully-illustrated D’Aulaire books, back before we had even heard of their popularity with homeschoolers. We read one Lois Lensky book after another,…
As I’ve told you before, I believe homeschooling parents are heroes and heroines. Just because you don’t feel like a heroine doesn’t mean you aren’t one. Heroes and heroines don’t stop and realize that is what they are. They are too…
I grew up singing “How Great Thou Art” by English hymnist Stuart Hine. The song had not been printed in our hymnals, Christian Hymns II, so we sang it from sheet music glued to the inside covers. As a child,…
Back in October, Ray and I visited the North Carolina state capitol. In November I showed you some photos of its library. Here are more photos of the North Carolina state capitol. Six weeks ago you went with me to the…
In Luke 18:8, Jesus asked: “When the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on the earth?” I am grateful to say that, if He came back right now, He would. Though popular culture may seem otherwise, we see…