This is a guest post by a homeschool mom, curriculum writer, farmer’s wife, and chicken-lover (she even rents her chickens, y’all). I know you will be as blessed by it as I have by getting to know her and learning about her family’s habit of celebrating every Saturday for the Sabbath: Why DO we celebrate […]
Geography Project: Mapping Your Friends
Once upon a time, back before Facebook and Twitter even existed, I homeschooled the old fashioned way. I used email Yahoo groups to connect with other homeschool moms in my area and we shared a little teacher’s lounge online and helped each other with projects. One of those projects was a fun IN-REAL-LIFE spiral notebook […]
How to Stay on the Homeschool Train (When you Feel Like Getting Off)
A friend of mine came to me this week in private and told me she wanted to get off the homeschool train. She asked me if I had ever thought of quitting. I admitted to her that it was a constant battle with me, but I had felt that God was really calling me to […]
What a Homeschool Mama Needs : A Reminder to BREATHE
Sometimes I hold my breath. Maybe it’s my reaction to stress that I’ve built up over the years so I could keep moving and not think about it. Maybe it’s holding on to life so hard that my soul’s knuckles are bare and my body doesn’t breathe out of respect. When I’m not breathing, though… […]
My November Roof Story
I’m sorry for the informality, but I have been just soaking in life lately and catching it as it comes, so there will be no grand lessons or tips from me. I am not sure I ever imagined that life would be as busy as it is right now with two teenagers and two youngsters, […]
Tara and Tyler Longview Texas Wedding at Miss Mary’s Place
My weekend job is being a photographer and a dream watcher. I love to see people live out their dreams and to help them capture the moment to remember it forever. I even travel for the opportunity to do this… as you can see by my title: Longview, Texas! Longview is a long way from […]
Celebrating the Moments
I got some really good advice at an Apologia Homeschool Conference a few years ago … and you’ll have to forgive me for paraphrasing it from memory, but it went something like this: “If you don’t celebrate your life, who will? And if you don’t celebrate and have fun and ENJOY homeschooling… will your kids?” […]
