Housemates
Today is our baby girl’s birthday. In Proverbs 31:28, children rise up and call their mother blessed, but I rise up and call Mary Evelyn blessed. She is a wonderful mother to two-year-old Clara and one-week-old Wesley, a great wife to…
Category Real Homeschoolers
Through the Wardrobe
The sign on the door read, “Enter only if you want to go into Narnia.” I remember thinking for a split second “I sure do” before joyfully opening the door. Our son John was about seven years old when he…
Diligence in Cheatham County
In a small house in rural middle Tennessee lived a father Gabe, a mother Corinna, their six sons, and the youngest, a girl whom everyone called Sister. The mother was a devoted Christian; the father an alcoholic. Together they ran…
Playtime
Playtime–a short and simple word so important to children. Children need to play and they need time to play. Now there’s a way to lessen homeschool stress. Relax for part of the day and let your children play. I have great memories of our…
Honoring Miss Amly and Sgt. York
The best-known American hero of World War I was Alvin C. York from Pall Mall, Tennessee. My parents took my brother and me there to visit his grist mill years ago. Ray and I later took our children. One of…
Sometimes Folks Say, “Yes!”
In 1991 our family was in our second year of homeschooling. In the fall, Ray went on a business trip to a Detroit suburb, so the children and I tagged along. While he went to meetings each day, we went…