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Do You Feel Overwhelmed?

HomeschoolAugust 9, 2013174Views 0Likes 10Comments

©Lori Laws & Write the Vision This is what I’m hearing from so many homeschool moms. School starts in a month and I’m not ready! I’m not sure I can do it another year. How can I do it all? How can I do even part of it well? I hear you. I think I felt this…

Is Homeschooling Really for Us?

HomeschoolFebruary 20, 2013118Views 0Likes 9Comments

Today I get to review the book by this title written by my friend Beth Cranford. Is Homeschooling Really For Us? By Beth Cranford Beth has written the book we've all needed at one time or another. At 21 pages it’s really more of a booklet, and I easily read it in one sitting. But it is a…

I've been doing my annual purge of our file cabinets, not one of my favorite things to do, but when my dear husband decided to paint my little office work space and put up a new light fixture it encouraged me to keep going and get with my new neater look.

Blogs to Bless You

Biblical EncouragementFebruary 6, 2013342Views 0Likes 28Comments

Before I've been doing my annual purge of our file cabinets, not one of my favorite things to do, but when my dear husband decided to paint my little office work space and put up a new light fixture it encouraged me to keep going and get with my new neater look. I've filled two grocery bags with…

In the middle of August this homeschool mother’s thoughts turn toward – vacations? Yes, it’s true. For many years we’ve vacationed the first two weeks of September.

Back to School September Vacation

HomeschoolAugust 29, 2012169Views 0Likes 10Comments

I really want to welcome all my new readers and thank you for deciding to receive my newsletters. I also want to mention my daughters article on Gilded Gears - Victorian Jewelry with a twist - that was in our local newspaper on Sunday. Her is a link to the article - Avon Sisters Start Jewelry…

Our hectic lives involve many changes, and changes require decisions, and decisions must often be made in the midst of a multitude of confusions. We run here and there asking advice. Often we make decisions without sufficient deliberation because we simply haven't time--or so we tell ourselves.

You’re Not Going to Want to Miss This!

HomeschoolAugust 20, 2012188Views 0Likes 8Comments

This is a devotional that I read often. It is by Elizabeth Elliot and is often just what I need in my fast-paced day. I hope you will find refreshment in it too. “Be still and know that I am God…” Psalm 46:10 First Be Quiet Our hectic lives involve many changes, and changes require decisions, and decisions…

“Do not judge, or you too will be judged.” Matthew 7:1

Biblical EncouragementJuly 24, 2012224Views 0Likes 11Comments

THE PARABLE OF THE PEAR TREE Author Unknown Found on verseoftheday.com A father wanted to teach his four sons the lesson of not judging something or someone too quickly, and so he called his four sons together and said "I have a task for you. I want you, my eldest son to go out into our fields…

Why in the World Would You Want to do That?

Biblical EncouragementAugust 29, 2011193Views 0Likes 10Comments

There I was, at the dreaded office Christmas party. As part of his job my husband had to attend certain functions and this was one of them. I didn’t belong here with all these doctors, lawyers, and career women. No matter how I said it – housewife, homemaker, or even nest builder, there always seemed…