Hello from the Homefront! {Updates, Homeschool planning, and upcoming posts.}
Hi! So, I thought I’d just write a very down-to-earth post sharing what’s been going on in our family for the past few months and what is whirling around in my mind as I ponder our year. I know, it’s been too long! This year, in so many ways…
Finding Hope and Purpose in the ‘Ordinary Life’
Can I whisper something to you? Yep. There truly is no greater calling than the one God has already put you right in the middle of. I’ve learned this the hard way. We seek the big time before we’ve mastered little league. I’ve sought the big time, and boy have…
Why we can’t let our Schedule Steal our Joy.
It’s mid-morning when my eldest child begs me to go outside and play in the leaves. Here’s what goes on in my head in the span of about 3 seconds: (Insert heaving sigh along with a deep groan.) Really? Honestly? He wants to play outside? We haven’t even STARTED…
Five Minute Friday ~ Ten.
He slips his hand in mine as we stroll down the familiar path on a sunny afternoon. I smile down at him and we chat about the corn fields and how the stalks are towering now in mid-July. So calm, so easy is our friendship. It wasn’t always so.…
What Charlotte Mason had to Say about Play
“There is a danger in these days of much educational effort that children’s play should be crowded out [or what is the same thing] should be prescribed for and arranged until there is no more freedom of choice about play than about work. We do not say a word…
Why Love needs to be the Heart of the Home{school}
“If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.” 1 Corinthians 13:1 So begins the famous passage so often read at weddings and so desperately needed in the home and the homeschool. Love is…
Scripture Memory Box and Prayer Baskets {Charlotte Mason Monday}
Family meal times are a special time to come together and enjoy each other’s company and fellowship. We have been blessed to spend pretty much every dinnertime meal all together since we started a family. And as home schoolers, I get to spend every lunch hour with the children…
Charlotte Mason Monday – Thoughts on Atmosphere {and a ‘3-Words’ photo journal of our weekend…}
Here’s what Charlotte Mason said about atmosphere: “… there are many important aspects of the home-life from the child’s first training to his highest education, but there is nothing in the way of direct teaching that will ever have so wide and lasting effect as the atmosphere of home…”…
The Sacred Ordinary. {snapshots of today}
It’s early morning. I’m sipping coffee and writing in my notebook. The boys are playing a serious game of chess at the kitchen table. Mr. Rules against Mr. Free-spirit. I chuckle inside, listening to their banter. Where did time go? I’m sure it was yesterday these boys of…
10 Ultimate Truths Girls Should Know – a review and a little chat about growing up…
I was excited to read and review 10 Ultimate Truths Girls Should Know by Kari Kampakis. This started off as a simple review and then I quickly realized how passionate I was about this topic and decided to share my heart more openly in this post. In a way-too-fast…