Through the years of our involvement with our local church, Ray and I have admired the servant heart of our sister Judy, especially through her work making quilts and her service to children involved in our Wednesday night children’s outreach.…
For my post today, I have rewritten a post I wrote six years ago. I wrote it after a mama called to talk about her daughter with learning challenges. The girl was in 7th grade, as I recall, and her…
Our seven-year-old grandchild has recently become much more comfortable in the water. On Sunday afternoon his family was swimming at the home of a friend of ours. He really wanted us to come, too, so he could show us what…
For the last few days, I’ve been thinking about how I can encourage you while you homeschool this fall. I thought back to 1990, when I was a brand new homeschooler and about what I wish someone had told me.…
Yesterday I shared two of my core beliefs about education: The purpose of education is to prepare children for life. Homeschooling is the best way I know to prepare children for life without having to put life on hold while…
Our children and I remember with joy the art classes we all took as one of our homeschooling subjects. Many pencil, colored pencil, and watercolor pencil pictures from those days decorate the walls of our house. Last Wednesday I gave…
