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Our God Has it All Under Control
Was it only a week ago that Russell and I boarded a plane headed for Nashville, Tennessee? Our day started at 2:45am as we had to drive over an hour to reach the Phoenix airport. Early morning flights are not one of my favorite things. I like to get up early but having an actual time-frame that early in the day is not a motivator for me even if I am going somewhere wonderful! Dear sweet Audrey woke up to say one last goodbye to us before we headed out the door. This trip was a little more challenging because Russell was on crutches. He tore his calf muscle about…
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The Power of a Pivot
Sometimes what we’re doing just is not working for us. Maybe it’s a schedule we’ve set for ourselves, a goal we have made or even how we approach tasks we are to do in the home. Maybe we get discouraged and just want to give up. But before you do that, why don’t you consider another point of view. A pivot. In basketball, once you stop dribbling the ball, you are allowed only two steps. You must keep the foot that made the last step firmly on the ground where it landed, but your other foot is free to go in any direction it chooses allowing you to pivot. With…
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Sharing the Wonder with Our Children
His eyes alight with the experience he had just had, my son had to share it with me as well. It was simple. Nothing we adults would think was too amazing nor have thought twice about but for this 11 year old boy it was a moment to remark on and to be delighted about. How often do we quell the first time discoveries our children have, brush it off as something that’s not really interesting enough or worthy enough of our attention? I have been guilty too many times These curious and wondering children. When did we lose our innocent delight in the simple things? Do we live lives…
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Feeling Discouraged in Your Homeschool Endeavors?
Sometimes we may get discouraged because we feel we’re dropping the ball in our children’s education. We read the writings of Charlotte Mason or another modern day guru on education and feel the wash of failure sweep over us. We wonder, we wish and we think desperately what we might be doing wrong because our homeschool doesn’t look like what others describe. But I want to challenge us today to consider what it would be if we didn’t have an ideal to strive for. Lofty thoughts, ideals and a vision of something bigger than ourselves are what gives us inspiration to keep trying. It’s what makes us…
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A Place Where Time Has No Meaning
It was a last minute decision. There was so much to do. Sleeping bags to pack, foams to gather, food to prepare and package , as well as many other things. The thought of doing this seemed almost to be overwhelming coming so closely on the heels of our 4-H EXPO. But we wanted to do something special with our niece Zoe while she was here visiting with us, so we did it. After several hours of preparation we hit the road. The drive was part of the experience. Bumpy dirt roads with plenty of wash boards to jar everything that could be shook. The views from the Mogollon Rim,…
