Ray and I spent last week in the breathtaking Smoky Mountains of East Tennessee. On Saturday we followed an easy trail to Cataract Falls. During our walk we had some opportunities to take photos of whole families who were enjoying…
I think God must have specially wired our brains for music. We store a wealth of music in our heads and you never know when a song from the past will pop out of your mental storage bank and into…
I once saw a motto for a business that serves children: “Doing What’s Right for Kids.” It seems to me that we are surrounded by slogans that talk about doing the right thing. Businesses advertise home improvement done right, moving…
I stand in awe of the homeschooling pioneers who risked having their children taken away because they made the radical decision to homeschool. Though we were not pioneers, we began homeschooling in 1990 and have therefore lived long enough to…
Awhile ago Ray and I had the opportunity to spend some time with a couple we had met briefly many weekends ago. We had not known them long when they came to our house for a short visit. As we…
I believe in childhood. It’s easy to let our children grow up too soon. In fact, I think it is hard not to do that. Resisting the temptation to rush childhood requires many well-thought-out decisions. Even something as simple as…
