The Present Mama
I wonder just how many distractions vie for a homeschooling mama’s attention every day. That I do not know, but I do know that each of her children need her to be present when they need her to be present.…
Category Making a Child Feel Loved
Keep Loving Him
I always feel a bit sheepish when I write about marriage. It is so personal and sensitive. Marriage is a beautiful gift that God has given to us people, the one creation God made in His very own image. Like…
How to Love
One of my favorite Southern expressions describes how much one person loves another: “I love you a bushel and a peck and a hug around the neck.” Recently Ray and I had the opportunity to visit with a friend who…
Little Things that Make a Home Sweet Home
Setting up an office in our hotel room at Hope Lodge was something of a challenge. Depending on our Exploring Government editing task at the moment, we needed two and sometimes three screens. As you see, we placed Ray’s computer,…
All Boxed In
Many a mama has been relieved when an expert finally gives her a label for a child’s learning disability, such as dysgraphia or dyslexia or ADHD. She is glad finally to have an explanation for the difficulty the child has…
An Unbroken Circle
I recently wrote about Mansfield Park by Jane Austen, recommending it as a good book for young people to read before making a decision about whom to marry. Then I shared a passage about paying attention. As I continued listening…