The Bible has many stories about conflicts between siblings. Jesus told a parable about a prodigal son and his bitter brother. Martha got irritated when Mary didn’t help her with the housework. Rachel was jealous when Leah had children and she didn’t.…
Another movie I had no business seeing as a teenager was “If It’s Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium.” I don’t remember anything about the movie except the plot and the title, but when I looked it up and found a…
Ray and I came to North Carolina to teach and encourage. As so often happens, the student became the teacher. Yesterday we were in Raleigh at a homeschool bookstore called the Homeschool Gathering Place. Chris Howard, a handsome, well-spoken, and…
After a long search for a bargain, in 2003 Ray and I bought our ten acres in the country with our very old, drafty, squeaky house that we love to call home. About two weeks later I turned fifty. Ray…
Our daughter Mary Evelyn writes a play each year for a cast of homeschooled children. One day last year she was at the public library searching for an idea for her next play when her eyes spotted a book high on…
When I began this blog in April, I was determined that it would not be like some glorified social media page where you heard what I fixed for breakfast. That’s not what you need. You are homeschooling mothers. You need…
