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“Scrapbooking with Fabric” Giveaway

**The winner of this giveaway is Julie. Congratulations! For three weeks this September, Tania Willis will show you how to use fabric on your scrapbook pages in ways you never thought possible. She’ll have you reaching for fabric instead of patterned paper and adding a new level of texture and dimension to your projects. As...

Let Go of Your Dreams and Let HIM Have Your Life

Posted by Heather | 0 comments

Have you ever had one of “those” days? How about one of “those” months? Well, step into my kitchen with me, and pour a cup of coffee…have I got some things to tell you! See, my husband and I have three wonderful children, a girl and two boys. Absolutely adorable, just ask them! We often...

Would you like to join the HOTM team?

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My (mostly serious) back-to-school list

Posted by Chris | 0 comments

I’ve hit the sales at office supply stores and have a stack of one-cent packages of notebook paper and a ready supply of mechanical pencils. Workbooks and teacher’s guides are stacked. Sticky notes are ready for page numbers and I have a few treats stashed for desperate/joyful/hard lesson days. But I’ve decided to make my...

Absence Makes the Heart Grow…

Posted by Barbara | 0 comments

There you are; sitting as a family in your only-just-enough-seatbelts vehicle. Driving somewhere just longer than anyone wants to go today. And it starts. Nothing major. No hitting. No shoving. No “Dad, she’s BREATHING on me.” Just small little verbal jabs. Just little changes in tone creating a more sarcastic,...

Questioning Homeschool

Posted by Renae | 0 comments

A couple weeks ago, the Heart of the Matter Homeschool Conference became my talk radio. Fellow homeschoolers encouraged while I painted cabinets, dressed dolls, washed dishes, folded laundry, and skipped around the internet. There were so many helpful ideas. So many passionate speakers. So many foundational truths. How do I...

Write at Home: Featuring Ariel Allison Lawhon

Posted by Marybeth | 0 comments

Welcome to Write At Home, a monthly feature here at HOTM. Marybeth Whalen will be introducing you to homeschool moms who write: curriculum authors, novelists, nonfiction writers, and popular bloggers and more. Many of us are deeply inspired by these moms who seem to “do it all.” This feature will provide you with a glimpse...

In the Kitchen with your Kids

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Do any of you cook with your kids? I wasn’t always keen on the idea. Even when thinking about it as a class. It was hard for me to let go and slow down long enough to even allow my children to help. For me, I just wanted to get it done and over with so I could move on and do the next thing. Pretty selfish hu? I was. Life was...

Real life lemonade and cookies

Posted by Tammy | 0 comments

Such a busy time of the year as many of us put the final touches on our curriculum so that our children will become mighty learners of knowledge in the days ahead during a new school year. It is important stuff to be doing and I’m right there doing it with you. Yet a recent event in the life of our family reminded me...

The Perfectionist

Posted by LisaV | 0 comments

When our firstborn son was two years old, I found the burgundy couch pillows perfectly lined up on the sofa cushions, one per cushion. A little later, when I bought him large-sized crayons, I showed our toddler how to place the crayons back in the box. However, he rearranged the crayons so all the tips pointed upward. I...