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Busy Day Recipes

There is a phrase that is capable of striking fear, terror, and sometimes even annoyance into the heart of every homeschool mom. It may be uttered by your children, your husband, or perhaps even an innocent little ad on television. While not packing quite the same punch from June-late August as it does during the school year,...

Summer? Or Not?

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Ahhh . . . June! The time when a young woman’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love, and a homeschool mom’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of something even better–SUMMER! Our own school year has been constructed in a myriad of forms over the past 13 years. When the children were younger, we did school...

The Consistency Myth

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There are as many opinions out there about how to manage a family as there are families. And a large percentage of them have been codified into full-fledged methods, philosophies, and books. As a new mom with a helpless baby in her arms and a heart full of hope, I felt absolutely petrified that I was going to do something...

1 Corinthians 13 for Homeschool Moms

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If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and teach my children Latin conjugations, Chinese and Portuguese, but do not have love, I have become a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal, and no matter what I say, they will not hear me. If I have the gift of prophecy, and know my children’s bents and God’s plan for their...

Preparations

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The debate about Christmas and how it should properly be celebrated has been going on for centuries, and probably will continue until He comes the second time. In my house, well, we love it all. Lisa Whelchel’s book, The ADVENTure of Christmas, is a favorite here in December, listing just about every Christmas trapping...

An Extravagant Life

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Last week I was online, chatting with my sister-in-law about menus and grocery shopping. At some point during our conversation she said, “We know how to be frugal around here.” “Right! That’s great!” I said at the time. But later, thinking back on our conversation, it left a sour taste in my...

Permission Slips for Mom

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When I was a kid attending public school, there sure were a lot of papers to deal with. Math homework and essays for English, report cards and assignment sheets, all flew to and fro in a forest-obliterating frenzy. It’s a wonder we have any softwoods left nowadays, as the hauling of paper from school to home and back...