Homeschool fears are not new to me. We homeschooled for 17 years – starting when my oldest was only around 4 or 5 and ending when my middle son graduated from high school. Each year, after reaching middle school age, we sat down to talk about the next year. We went over what they wanted…
How do you homeschool when you didn’t plan on schooling from home? At the end of the day on Friday, the whole world seemed to flip upside down. Instead of worrying about carline, you now had to worry about getting school done, feeding the kids all day (because let’s not kid ourselves, it’s never just…
Enough already. I didn’t scream it, but I wanted to. The doctor had been lecturing my son and myself about what had to be done – and so far he hadn’t run any tests. He had asked the basic question, “what brings you here today,” and then gone into his monologue. My son turned to…
“You can’t have a bb gun because you’ll shoot your eye out.” The sentiment might have been from a movie, but I often thought about it when I contemplated homeschooling. People told me I would regret it. People told me I’d ruin my children. People told me I’d hinder them from pursuing higher education. After…
According to a report on Fox & Friends on March 29, 2019, kids are having more surgeries for sports injuries than professionally athletes. Why – because we aren’t throwing them out of the house. Okay, maybe that wasn’t what they said. But it was close. Kids aren’t free playing anymore. The aggressive sports players do…
Confession time! I gave up shampoo three years ago and haven’t looked back. I used to tell people that I quit washing my hair, but it made my husband uncomfortable. “You DO wash your hair,” he kept insisting. It’s true. I wash my hair, just not with anything you might expect. It all started with…
I give you permission to do things a little different – a little different from the way you do them, a little different from the way others do them, or a little different from the directions. When you dare to try new things, you never know what you might discover. Moving into Ways to Do…
Messy is a habit formed by consistent practice the same as clean or organized are habits. It is the day to day practice that will create the difference. The squirrel scampered up the tree with a dead limb three times its size. I watched it as it went up the tree knowing it was in…
I live in North Alabama in a rural community. My ruralness increases because we built our house in the woods, back away from the road and neighbors. It gets dark at night. I am an early riser . . . not by choice but by necessity. Home schooling three boys and writing in a full-time…
There is a misconception that some people are born organized and others are not. If that were true, I would fall into the latter category. My room was always a mess, I never planned things out, and spontaneity was always my style of order. Now I’m a mom – and one that is working at…