Yep, this is pretty much the extent of our vocabulary curriculum. Actually, I would consider this “extra”. Good conversation is all that’s really necessary for a substantial vocabulary. As someone …

Relaxed homeschooling, for us, doesn’t mean we don’t sit down and do “school work”. It just means that we also “think outside the classroom” and text books and worksheets are …

“If you read history you will find that the Christians who did most for the present world were precisely those who thought most of the next. It is since Christians …

Geoff Botkin writes on the societal implications of 50 years on birth control…buckle up. “Fifty-nine modern nations are plagued by the high-tech benefits of birth-control pills. Each of them have …

If you don’t like sappy tributes and videos, you may want to move on to another post 😉  but I wanted to share a blessing in my life and “immortalize” …

Gary Thomas’ article “Anyway Love” tells of a woman whose husband had continually disappointed her with his insensitivity.  Even after she gave him books about “how to love your wife” …

I had forgotten what a treasure the Lamplighter series of children’s books are.  I picked up Hedge of Thorns this morning and read a chapter to the children and was …

It took me 5 children to realize that I might need to say it out loud:  “You are not allowed to cut yours or anyone else’s hair”. You must hear …

Quite honestly, I don’t like the term “stay-at-home mom”.  It testifies to the fact that there are moms who don’t stay at home and I wish it didn’t have to …

Though I know it’s likely not to interest you at all, I wanted to post this video on my blog as a kind of memoir to keep.  If you are …

Even though I’m in a hurry, I prop on my full buggy and motion her, with her three items in hand, to go in front of me…it’s only treating her …

“Our first child was born nine months (and fifteen minutes) after the ceremony. I set aside my career in graphic design to be a Mom. It was during this time …

May I think the best of him in every circumstance, May I laugh and sing and make our lives a dance. May I build him up with the words I …

The love of God is greater far Than tongue or pen can ever tell; It goes beyond the highest star, And reaches to the lowest hell; The guilty pair, bowed …