March 27, 2025 Freedom of Days What is a School Year? Homeschool musings As spring flowers burst with color and birds fill the air with song, my inbox begins filling…
March 21, 2025 Engage! Emptying: When my children were young, I fully engaged in their care. Other things, teaching, friendships, and writing, just had to wait. The urgent…
March 14, 2025 Hopeful Journey “Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. These commandments that I give…
February 7, 2025 Noise “In repentance and rest is your salvation, In quietness and trust is your strength, But you would have none of it” (Isaiah 30:15, NIV)….
January 31, 2025 Frosty Rails “Just wait a little longer! They said the train should run soon…if the ice begins to thaw off the track!” Seven-year-old Quinn shivered and…
December 18, 2024 Take Courage this Christmas! Christmas is only a week away. Your little students are bursting with energy. Your calendar is extra full. The plans you had to homeschool…
November 29, 2024 I’ll Keep It! Last night I sat surrounded by the “fruit of my labor,” four adults aged 18-23, filling our plates with diverse expressions of creativity. This…
October 30, 2024 Halloween Harkenings Hark! It’s Halloween! Ah! The cool breezes of Autumn have finally arrived. I breath in deep as my puppy, Daisy, and I take our…
September 20, 2024 Matter “He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together” (Colossians 1:17). Matter: 1. anything that takes up space and can be…
September 18, 2024 Those Babies Grow Fast! This month my son will reach a huge milestone. Kellen turns 18 on the 20th! It seems like I should be good at this…