Almost Winter – Poem
The brown bark of the trees look nearly black from the heavy rain soaking their branches The top of the trees reach skyward like long, bony hands against the almost-winter slate sky The sun has […]
Motherhood
Warm September
We walk back down the natural tunnel, over the wide road, past the lake filled with lily pads, and back through the wildflowers. I stop again, close my eyes; and breathe.
Breakthrough With My Dyslexic Homeschooled Daughter, Crying Happy Tears!
But this, THIS, is the payoff. You are the one who is sitting with them when those connections are made, and you witness life-changing learning unfold for your own child.
Your Questions about Suboxone During Pregnancy Answered; Series
We hear in the news often about the terrible opiate epidemic plaguing so many of our towns and cities. With a sudden increase in opiate addicts, there has been a subsequent crisis of babies born […]
Summertime with Five Kids
Many parents feel overwhelmed by summer because they are used to kids being in public school, but since we homeschool it isn’t an adjustment for us. Still, our days get longer and hotter and our […]
The Cares of This World, And How to Defeat Them
Are our eyes focused on worldly things, or heavenly things? Do you allow the allure of money and status to occupy your heart, when it should be set on things above? Heavenly things.
The Benefits of Running Errands Together in a Large Family
With five children ages 8 years to 5 months, it’s important to find time alone with each child. It can be difficult, but I have found going food shopping or doing other errands together is one of the best ways to get regular alone time together.
