The middle of August, and this homeschool mother’s thoughts are turned toward – vacations? Yes, it’s true. For many years we’ve vacationed the first two weeks of September.
Lest you think we’ve completely lost our minds, we usually begin school the middle of August. After two weeks I find that I know what needs to be…
I haven’t pushed any products before but this program and the fact that it’s FREE is just too good to keep to myself. My husband says, “No one likes a bargain like Phyllis.” He also says, “Sometimes free is too much.” But in this case he would be right with the first line and totally…
You’ve heard people say it took them years to do something? Well, it actually did take me twelve years to write the e-book I’ve recently made available in my book store.
First I lived it, (well at least part of it – it’s still a work in process) then I wrote it.
This excerpt from my first…
Aren’t vacations supposed to be fun and relaxing?
Preparing
We left home during a string of humid 90 degree days and our air conditioning quit a couple of days before we left. So we had to spend time getting estimates and deciding if our 17-year-old unit was worth repairing or if we needed to consider replacing…
Our son Eric has been a source of inspiration to me. He's the happiest boy around and is interested in everything.
To begin with he was born 7 weeks early on March 23, 1991.They told us he would at least be in the hospital until his due date which was mid May so we were stunned…
It was one of the most exciting days of our lives! We had just bought our first home. It was Saturday, July 3, 1992. We had waited two years for a house in this neighborhood to be for sale. Ten families from our church lived here and most of them homeschooled their children. That was…
Today is my son’s 16th birthday.
Eric's birthday
That in itself isn’t very amazing if it were not for the facts that he was a preemie and then was diagnosed with leukemia at 16 months. The delight we have in celebrating his birthday each year just doesn’t diminish with the passing of time.
He and I just…