When does a child make the transition from childhood to adulthood? The common answer to that question has changed through the centuries. In America the legal age of adulthood was once twenty-one. Today most people seem to think of eighteen as…
I believe in childhood. It’s easy to let our children grow up too soon. In fact, I think it is hard not to do that. Resisting the temptation to rush childhood requires many well-thought-out decisions. Even something as simple as…
Do your plans always work out exactly as you want them to in your homeschool? Do you ever have to change course just when you thought you finally had something figured out? Do you ever feel like you are going…
I grew up along the Cumberland River. Sometimes we drove across the beautiful and narrow iron bridge to eat “across the river” at the Boat Dock. “Across the river” was a phrase I heard often. With modern freeways, we hardly know…
I decided that even though God made my hair dryer heat up again (see my most recent post), He might not intend for that to be a permanent fix, so I bought a new one. Actually, since hair dryers often…
While I was drying my hair last Saturday morning, the heat stopped suddenly. As I finished with cold air, I thought, “I’ll have to go to Dollar General and replace this today.” Well, you know how that goes. Did I…
