She Didn’t Do it Alone

Lately I’ve been thinking about the Virtuous Woman. People tend to focus on her super-human abilities and her saintly blessedness. I have a talent, though, for seeing the mundane despite the sublime. I know that staying up late to finish a sewing project, for example, doesn’t necessarily feel virtuous. Sometimes...

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Decorating Your Home: An Optical Illusion

Back in the days when we only had two children, my little family found itself traveling a bit—a homeschool convention here, seeing family there. We stayed in hotel rooms just enough for the two children we had to remark on how much they loved hotels. They wanted to live in one, they said, and I knew just how they felt. I...

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Homeschooling in Tight Places: Loft Beds

The Pros and Cons of Loft Beds When you fill a 900 square foot apartment with six people, you quickly begin seeking space solutions, and you begin imagining strange and unnatural uses of the ceiling. Seminary has been a lifestyle of small miracles, and one of those miracles came in the form of loft beds. Before we got our Ikea...

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