February and March were birthday season when my mother and her three siblings who survived to adulthood were alive. For many years, they had special get-togethers to celebrate their February 10 to March 15 birthdays. Mother was was the eldest.…
Mamas with babies, toddlers, young children, and teens can hardly imagine a time when they won’t be busy, busy, busy. God gives a blessing in the midst of all that busyness: those mamas feel useful. Deep down we all want…
Happy Valentine’s Day, Mamas! As we grow and mature as Christians, Valentine’s Day becomes more meaningful than just a holiday for “me and my own true love.” We learn more of what it means that God is love and that…
For several years, the children in our Wednesday evening class at church have colored Valentines to give to the inmates at our county jail. In December they colored Christmas cards and placed them in plastic bags, along with a few…
In the early years of our homeschooling, I read For the Children’s Sake by Susan Schaeffer Macauley, daughter of Christian theologian and philosopher Dr. Francis Schaeffer. I also began to read books by her mother (and his wife), Edith Schaeffer. After reading The Hidden Art of…
Early in 1862, Union troops began to take control of rivers and railroads in Tennessee and Mississippi. Grant and his troops defeated Confederate troops at Fort Henry on the Tennessee River. Then Grant’s troops defeated Confederate General Simon Bolivar Buckner…
