What I Wish Someone Had Told Me
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.…
Category Marriages That Last
A Boundary
Ray has been teaching about the Ten Commandments recently. Yesterday afternoon we studied: Do not commit adultery. The topic is always a timely one, but perhaps particularly so in this era when marriage is denigrated, ridiculed, and politicized. As Ray…
Looking Lovely
Last night I came into our living room to find two of our granddaughters looking lovely in two of my long formal gowns from days gone by. “We’re pretending that we get dressed up fancy and put on makeup when…
Keep Loving Him
My father-in-law was precious to me. Wes and I had a special bond, especially after he became a widower. Ray’s mother died after Ray and I had been married only six months. For the next four years, Wes, Ray, and…
It’s All Yours
Many years ago, when we were a young family in Mississippi, Ray taught a Sunday School class in a little hideaway upstairs classroom. It was a young marrieds class about marriage. He would be the first to tell you that…
A Generational Valentine
On Saturdays I have been sharing art from Franklin Roosevelt’s Works Progress Administration. Today I’d like to share a Valentine from 1882 instead. The verse reads: My love is like the steadfast sun, Or streams that deepen as they run.…