She stood on that stage almost a week ago in her red speaking boots. And with her soft soothing voice she told it to us brave: Do not disdain the secret living… The moments in life no one sees. The way you sacrifice and serve and die to your self in the mundane moments. Crucified and Cruciform. Every. […]
Our Homeschool Classrooom {2012-2013}
We are organized and ready for a new school year! Our set-up has remained much the same with a few additions and modifications along the way. Since we’ll be using My Father’s World-Creation to the Greeks to study the chronology of history, as well as the Old Testament, we chose pictures of ancient Egypt, as well as lots […]
Our Homeschooling Curriculum Choices {2012-2013}
Last year was my very first year homeschooling, a journey into the unknown. Full of risk but also so much hope. And we made it through! I have written before about how I never thought I’d EVER homeschool my children. And not only did we make it through, but we fell into a rhythm that […]
For When You Want to Know How to Really Teach :: Sermon On the Mount {Week 1}
Our school year is winding down and I can’t tell you how much I’ve learned about myself and my kids, by being their teacher! And while I’m not a teacher by trade, as a nurse I do a lot of patient education and am very used to helping others learn. Teaching my own children has been so very […]
Choosing to Awake to Joy
Most Fridays I join Lisa-Jo over at her site to write amidst a beautiful community. She gives a one-word writing prompt every Friday at midnight, and most of us wait with anticipation for what the word will be. When it is announced, we set the timer for 5 minutes, and we write without worrying if it […]
Truth in the Tinsel {An Advent Experience for Little Hands}
I have always wanted to do something amazing for advent…you know, like a pocket calendar, prizes behind opened doors, or a paper chain counting down the days…something fun to teach the kids about the Christmas season. I have wanted a way to build anticipation for Christmas, and to spend intentional time together focusing on the real reason we […]
Homeschooling 2011-2012 MFW-ECC {Our Classroom}
Well this is my first year homeschooling, and we have reached the end of our very first month! And although this will take some getting used to, and much learning along the way for all of us, we are having a marvelous time! I am so very blessed to be using My Father’s World Curriculum, Exploring […]
Satisfying Rest
Rest. I must admit, it’s a rare commodity for me these days. I am going a million gazillion miles a minute in this new vibrant, invigorated, and very full life of mine. So many hats…a wife, mom, teacher, friend, mentor, nurse, daughter… so many purposes and goals, and still only a finite number of minutes […]
Never say never! {Curriculum 2011-2012}
If you would have asked me one year ago if I would ever homeschool, my answer would have been a resounding “NO!…I would never do that!”…with much emphasis and much passion. You see, I delivered four children within five and a half years, and my light at the end of the tunnel (for increasing independence and free time) was […]
