Crossings
I love new experiences. My mother told me that when I was very little I never wanted to miss anything. That’s still true. Traveling to conventions in California and Denver gave me opportunities for many new experiences. One thing I…
Category My Heart to Yours
Voices
As we were about to disembark from a shuttle bus at the Grand Canyon, our driver told us to go to the cement. I knew immediately that he was a southerner when I heard the word cement. He emphasized the…
Happy Daddy’s Day
When I was in high school I wrote an essay about love. I said that the ultimate examples of love in my life were the love of my heavenly Father and the love of my daddy. For the last thirty-four…
Growing Anywhere
I am amazed at plants. The variety God created seems to be endless: tall saguaro cacti, tiny yellow buttercups, giant California redwoods, little purple violets. Plants are strong, too. Have you seen a sidewalk that is uneven because tree roots…
End with the Beginning in Mind
Parents make the decision to homeschool for a variety of reasons, but among the most common reasons are the desire to protect the hearts, souls, and minds of their children and to mold those hearts, souls, and minds in the…
Tickled Mamas
My grandmother and great-grandmothers on my daddy’s side were all called Mama Something. Daddy’s mother was Mama Sue; his two grandmothers were Mama Boyd and Mama Head. I loved all of them very much. A special memory of Mama Sue…