Category: Homeschooling

There is much gnashing of teeth and wringing of hands these days over the power of screens and their ubiquitous presence in the lives of…

Earlier this fall, Mondays were my crazy-making day. They were the days I felt least productive, the most stretched, and the hardest pressed to home…

The Lord has been leading me, gently, on to a deeper place of remembering over the course of these last few weeks. After a summer…

The weekend started with me saying goodbye to my husband and one of my sons as they headed out the door for a college visit. Yes, we…

Homeschooling has felt hectic this year. It’s not just the outside stuff, though I know that doesn’t help. Most of the crazy this year, though, is…

If my college-aged kids remind me that the life of a Christian parent is one of “catch and release,” then the six still on the…

Dear homeschooling families,  For three years, my wife has planted sunflowers with the hope of watching them grow into a sunflower house for the children. …

I remember well the day you were born. Maybe it’s unusual, but at each moment when I’ve received a child into my arms to nurture…

I’m not going to lie— elementary science experiments are not my forte. Oh, we do them. But my enthusiasm for them has decidedly waned over…

I had so many things I wanted to say. So many memories I was ready to share, so many thoughts to which I planned to…