The Precious Gift of Listening
Listening is a precious gift that one person gives to another. Listening says, “You matter. What you say is important. I care about your story. I care about what you feel. I care about what has happened to you. I…
Tag lessons for kids
Finishers
After my mother moved in with us, she finished a quilt she had begun many years before. Mother’s stroke in 2013 affected her speech especially. She struggled with words for the rest of her life. One day while Mother and…
Good, good, good.
Ray and I are blessed with two Christian physicians, both of whom are our friends. One was the dad of homeschooled children back before our children graduated from our homeschool. The other one is a homeschool dad today. One of…
One of the Best Things Mother Taught Me
Late Monday night I was working away trying to figure out the best way to write instructions for the paper towel tube Ingalls family figures we demonstrated during yesterday’s birthday party for Laura Ingalls Wilder. Making them is easy, but…
But, Mom, I Don’t Want to Do School!
One of the biggest frustrations for homeschooling mamas is their children’s negative attitudes about doing their schoolwork. One cause of bad attitudes is simply that children are human. Bad attitudes are a temptation for all of us, so I guess…
Happy Boxing Day
The day after Christmas is Boxing Day in England. The original purpose of the holiday was to honor servants with a box containing gifts, hence the name Boxing Day. Only a small percentage of Americans today have servants in their…