Are We There Yet?
It’s May. It’s almost the end of our school year. Finally—at least for our family, who follows a nine-month school year. Why is it that the last few weeks of homeschooling are the hardest? Maybe it has something to do with the end being in sight. Maybe it has something to do with the perfect outside weather. Maybe it has...
What Comes Next When A Home Schooler Graduates?
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What comes after homeschooling? For many students, it’s college. But how do we choose the right college? How do we get from being intimately involved in our children’s education to sending them off to an institution? Here’s how we did it. Several key steps in the process will help you and your teen to feel more...
Dealing with Chronic Illnesses, Part 5: Organization Helps
Before y’all glare at me for suggesting more work for us who can barely manage the basics most of the time, let me assure you that being organized can help us. I promise. The end result of becoming and staying organized outweighs the effort and the time. I understand the overwhelming fatigue that comes with a chronic...
Dealing with Chronic Illnesses, Part 4
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Taking Care of the Kids Let’s face it: a household need a certain number of things done daily in order to run smoothly (or at least stumble along). And moms with chronic illnesses don’t always have the energy to do them. That means we often have to ask our kids (and hubbies) to step up to the plate. But what’s a mom to...
Dealing with Chronic Illnesses Part 3: Dreading Winter
December is my favorite month of the year because it includes my two favorite holidays: Jesus’ birthday and my birthday. I love the presents (giving as well as receiving), the wrapping, the sights, the sounds, the smells, the anticipation, the caroling, the baking, the planning, the partying—all of it. At least, December...
Taking Care of Mom: Part 2 in the Chronic Illness Series
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In last month’s article, “How to Bless Homeschooling Moms Who Have Chronic Illnesses,” I listed a few things that other homeschool moms could do to help a fellow mom in need. The list was hardly comprehensive, but it was a start. This month I want to address a few ways that families can bless their own moms who have...
How to Bless Homeschool Moms Who Have Chronic Illnesses
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They look normal. They look healthy. They even look happy. Most of the time anyway. But they aren’t any of those things all of the time. I’m talking about homeschool moms with chronic illnesses. On the surface, they look normal, so we expect them to act normally. But they can’t. Chronic illnesses can’t be cured even...
How to Bless Homeschool Moms Who Have Chronic Illnesses
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They look normal. They look healthy. They even look happy. Most of the time anyway. But they aren’t any of those things all of the time. I’m talking about homeschool moms with chronic illnesses. On the surface, they look normal, so we expect them to act normally. But they can’t. Chronic illnesses can’t be cured even...
Planners and Responsibilities
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Remember the teacher’s planner that enthralled you so much at the convention that you bought it? Its purpose is not just to look pretty on your shelf or on your computer’s desktop. It’s time to pull it out and start using it, or to figure out all the features it has if you’ve purchased an e-planner. Yes, I mean right...
How to Create an Overcommitment-Proof School Year Schedule
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Ssshhhh! Don’t anyone tell my husband the topic of this month’s post or else he might make me read and apply it! We might as well get my confession out of the way right off the bat: I have issues with scheduling. And overcommitting. But, I need to get better at my scheduling because I was recently diagnosed with chronic...
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