I don’t write much about my adult children because, well… they’re adults. They deserve a certain modicum of privacy and space. That transition is tough to…
A Quick Start Guide to Public Worship With Kids
As churches slowly begin holding live services again following COVID-19 closures, one thing is clear: Most won’t be hosting any form of children’s church or…
Birthday Butterflies
For his fifth birthday, Jude asked for butterflies. Since I’ve never heard of a sweeter birthday wish than butterflies, and my boy is captivated by all…
Maybe You Should Homeschool This Fall {and not because of COVID fears!}
The new, broad-based CDC guidelines for schools this fall have been released, and with them, a flood of concerns from parents. A common refrain has…
Fighting Weariness
It’s rained every day for the past three days— hard at times. While rain is good for growing crops, deluges are not. I’ve been listening…
The “Lost” Year?
If you had to sum up your 2019-2020 homeschool year in one statement, what would it be? If you had to take it down to…
Boy
It’s a beautiful thing to see a young boy in his natural habitat.
Mother’s Day
I woke up fine. Just fine. Not particularly celebratory (I had just taken Mary Hannah to her new summer post as a seasonal ranger at…
Great Commission Academy, Class of 2020
Jack was not my easiest kid to homeschool. Not by a long shot. I think I figured out somewhere in his second year that I wasn’t…
End of the Year Report
The official school year is over. Tennessee is a state whose laws require homeschool families report to either an umbrella school of their local school…