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A Handful of Lessons Learned from Motherhood

As a young woman I certainly didn’t know that my heart would turn towards home. I wanted career and financial security. Who would have thought my greatest desire would become to serve my husband and children? Talk about going against the flow of everything this world screams at us women in our modern times. I think many of...

Every Mom Needs Some “Me” Time

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Have you ever read an article on this topic? Maybe heard a speaker? I have on both counts. Unfortunately, most of the time when this subject matter is discussed, I come away with a bad taste in my mouth. It is not that I don’t think that every mother has individual needs, of course they do. No, it is more the way...

Wee Willie Winkie

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Wee Willie Winkie runs through the town, Up stairs and down stairs in his night-gown, Tapping at the window, crying at the lock, Are the children in their bed, for it’s past ten o’clock? When my first son was born someone bought us a cassette (yes a cassette tape) with bedtime songs for the nursery. One of the...

Teaching Children to Cook (Part II)

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This is the second in a series of posts about cooking with children. Read the first post here. Meal Planning We all want our families to eat healthy. This can be hard when we have picky eaters that only like noodles, bread, and shredded wheat cereal. Not very well rounded, right? Teaching my children to cook also...

Forest Fires

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Have you ever noticed how difficult it is to see the big picture when you’re living in the middle of it? One problem crops up, and it gets your full attention, like a little spark in the forest. Then another and another, and pretty soon, all you see is smoke. The last month and a half has been like that for me: a fog of...

Encouraging the Love of Literature

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When I hear the term “Literature Analysis,” I develop cold sweats. My mind is yanked back into the 11th grade and flashes back on eight page literary analysis essays, along with difficult and cryptic names for what should have been very simple. My compositions were forced and unnatural and my enthusiasm for reading...

Write at Home: Sheila Wray Gregoire

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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...

Have Yourself a Mission-Minded Christmas!

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“I’ll be Home for Christmas” Isn’t it an awesome song, with a heart-tugging theme? With three of our seven totally-homeschooled children now practically “grown-up” and beginning to live on their own, it’s a momma-dream I can relate to . . . sprinkled with annual hopes and anticipation....

Becoming Like Ruth

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When the In-Laws Have Trouble Accepting Your Child’s Special Needs The subject of Autism has brought out a number of different responses from those around us since the day my son, Xander, was diagnosed. I remember being fully charged and ready to seek out any information on the subject, and though devastated inside, I knew...

Habits and Hypocrisy

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Throughout childhood, I read a chapter of the Bible every night. My good habit was challenged in high school. Routine became hypocritical, so I stopped. I only read the Word of God when I felt like it. I cannot recall a specific teacher who introduced this twisted idea of hypocrisy. But somewhere along the way, I concluded...