living in light of eternity
Yesterday was the last day of 6th grade for my young one. For seven years now I have been his primary teacher, a role I was not expecting to play but have been privileged to enjoy. This passage of another school year has me thinking about education in all its varieties—homeschool, public school, college, Life.... Continue Reading →
So our family is nearing the end of a book that we loved, and it got me thinking of all the great devotional times we've had together over the years. We really believe that our most important job as parents is not teaching the kids to tow the line, but teaching them to enjoy God.... Continue Reading →
So my oldest two kids are enrolled in a dual-credit high school/ community college English class. Imagine my surprise when they weren't assigned any books the first quarter! Well, turns out it's more of a rhetoric and analysis class, ergo, no books. Wanting them to please, for the love of Pete, PUT DOWN THE DEVICE... Continue Reading →
I suppose it probably surprised some people when we loaded up our entire family and brought them along for Michael's D-Min cohort that first time. Shoot, it surprised me. I mean, really? Bring three elementary school kids to Georgia for 10 days for a grad school intensive? Who does that? I suppose it surprised still... Continue Reading →
It's the first week back. That means we're still eating breakfast -- the good kind, with fruit and waffles and mmmm, bacon. We can still locate sharpened pencils (though we did somehow misplace a book on Monday. Monday, people. The first day. Not to worry, it turned up, obviously, in the closed, dusty, cabinet under... Continue Reading →
I read recently of a homeschool family that ran afoul of local authorities. Someone looked at this little-bit-different, little-bit-strange family, raised their eyebrows, and made a phone call. Evidently one of the kids had been brought to the hospital and Mom and Dad left the older kids in charge of the small ones. Child Protective... Continue Reading →
Move over, ducks. The Gumball Dynasty is a-comin'. It all started with the World Vision Christmas catalog. At the table one night, we poured over it: "Look! A goat for only $75! A water buffalo will set you back $1100." You might be surprised to hear that we are contemplating buying livestock, but on the... Continue Reading →
Books, poems, paper airplanes, walks in the woods, caterpillars, magnifying glasses, music, tasty things that can be measured, fascinating people, unbelievable tales of adventure and derring-do, wonder, telescopes, paint, hammer and nails, candle wax, beeswax, curls of pencil shavings, smudges, laughing, brain teasers, trivia, hearts poured out on paper, challenge, reward, curiosity, dreams. School starts... Continue Reading →
Catherine's Letters 