I was privileged to spend a few hours today with mothers of very young children. Those with four years or less under their belts, still…
Eager
Right now, I’m sitting in Bryan College’s still library. It’s Spring Break, so the campus is empty except for a handful of staff members charged…
Before breakfast
I’m not sure I will ever quite get over the “how cool is that?!?” factor of loading up before breakfast to run down to the…
On rest
I don’t know how it happened, but somehow, we mothers decided that we should be busy. I blame the NIV Bible, which translates Titus 2:5…
In waves
The email was a welcome bit of encouragement: you are not forgotten, I pray for you and your family, your work. There was a simple…
Margin
We school year-round—three months on, one month off. The shorter, intermittent breaks suit the rhythm of our family well. By the end of a twelve…
Siblings without rivalry
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On mission
I know this routine well. Wake up in the dark. Pull on some clothes. Whisper to a teenager that I’m leaving. Lock the door behind me.…
Life, education
“Measure his education, not solely by his progress in the ‘three R’s,’ but by the number of living and growing things he knows by look,…
Experiencing Lent
Ashes, fish on Fridays, and giving up chocolate. If that’s your impression of Lent, let me introduce you to something more. Something deeper. Something that…