Sparkle
The very first words the Bible tells us that God said were these: Let there be light. That must have been a beautiful sight. A few months ago I went to the river near our house to take pictures on…
Category Making a Child Feel Loved
When “Hardships” Make for Special Memories
It’s easy to want everything to be perfect for our children, when, truth be told, “hardships” might make for better memories. We had one natural gas heater in the home where I grew up, plus a small electric space heater in the…
Uniquely God’s Man or Woman
When Ray and I committed to our family philosophy in 1994 and to a list of objectives we hoped to achieve in our children’s education, one of those objectives was this: Be uniquely God’s man or woman. We had no idea…
Your Modeling Career
The first fashion model I remember from my growing-up days was a super-skinny English girl, whom the world came to know as Twiggy. She became one of the world’s first supermodels in 1966 when she was just sixteen. As her name suggests,…
A Childhood Pattern
One of my many favorite things about Christmas is singing one of my favorite Christmas carols. I have shared the words with you longtime readers before, but it has been almost two years. I hope you won’t mind a reminder so…
How to Be a Great Mama
One of the books we enjoyed in our homeschool was Misty of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry. We also enjoyed the 1961 movie based on the book. Though I haven’t seen that movie in several years, I can still see and…