Purple Stories
One of the first board books I read to John, our first child, was God Made All the Colours. I’m thankful that I can see colors. I spent several sad hours when Ray and I were first getting to know each…
Category Field Trips Near and Far
A Man from Mt. Airy
When I was in elementary school, we looked forward to the times when entertainers visited our school through a program called Southern Assemblies. Teachers collected a quarter from each child who wanted to attend. At the scheduled time, we got…
And Now It’s Time to Go to Bed
When our children were small, I often sang to them before they went to bed. Along with classic children’s songs were two that changed from day to day. One of these I learned when I first started going to the…
A Story of Sibling Encouragement
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.…
“Oh, OK”
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…
Students As Teachers
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…