Happy Valentine’s Day!
Happy Valentine’s Day. Today I want you to see the precious pin that I wear each Valentine’s Day, but first I want you to know where I got it. From 1972 to 1997, Nashville, Tennessee, was home to the theme…
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It’s Been Three Months
Ray’s radiation oncologist told us in October that it takes three months to know the effectiveness of radiation treatments for prostate cancer. That seemed like a long time, but now the time has come. Ray has an appointment at 11…
His Helper
Two of my favorite Little Golden Books are We Help Daddy by Mini Stein and We Help Mommy by Jean Cushman. Both were illustrated by my favorite Little Golden Book illustrator, Eloise Wilkins. In these books, very young children help…
The Tootsie-Wootsie Medley
Ray and I can hardly believe that we’ve been operating the Notgrass Company (now Notgrass History) for 25 years, as of July 1, 2024. Way back when, we and our children used to introduce ourselves to homeschooling groups across Tennessee…
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…
Your Children’s Flawed Mama
My children’s flawed homeschooling mama, c. 1998 In my introduction to this series of lessons from Titus 2 for homeschooling mothers, I confessed to being like the character Jo March in Little Women. Jo described herself as “hopelessly flawed.” However,…