I’ve noticed a small but growing trend over the past several months. More and more bloggers are burned out on the professional side of blogging and are expressing a desire to return to what I would call old-fashioned blogging. If you were in …
This is what the Lord says: “Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls….” Jeremiah 6:16 (NIV) I’ve been contemplating this …
With this post I will have completed an entire year of My Homeschool Journal which is a major accomplishment for me! Why is this an accomplishment? My want-to-do list FAR exceeds my time-to-do-everything-I-want-to-do list. You would laugh if you …
Caroline and I have many things in common. One is that neither one of us is a fan of getting our picture taken. However, this was a sweet picture we took on Sunday morning that I wanted to share. You can really see Caroline’s shorter hair here …
Caroline discussed donating her hair for wigs for cancer patients for quite some time. She settled on a particular program, but that program no longer exists. This post was originally about the process she went through to decide, what we learned …
Homeschooling has been legal and relatively mainstream for almost twenty years. Homeschoolers have a tremendous amount of freedom and nearly endless learning opportunities. Colleges actively welcome homeschoolers who now attend a huge variety of …
Looking back, I’ve always longed for a quiet, simple life even when I couldn’t express it in that way. As an adult, I’ve been intentionally pursuing a simpler life for over twenty years. David and I have experienced success and failure …
I have been diagnosed with Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EoE), a chronic allergic inflammatory condition in my esophagus. This is a resource page to help other EoE sufferers find information in one place. I’m glad you are here and hope these …
I find myself astonished that it’s already mid-October. David remarked at breakfast this morning that this entire year has just felt off. It feels like we’ve struggled to hit that sweet spot of flow that makes life move a bit more …
Last winter we had Caroline tested and it confirmed what I had slowly figured out on my own. Caroline is what is called twice-exceptional meaning she is both gifted and has learning challenges. Getting the diagnosis was a huge relief for all of us …
We wrapped up our summer of transformation and headed into the late summer/early fall of medical testing. I’ve been poked, prodded, examined, questioned, monitored, scoped, tested, injected, and drawn. I had a clean scope for my EoE which was a …
This is one of my favorite passages from “Little House in the Big Woods” The attic was a lovely place to play. The large, round, colored pumpkins made beautiful chairs and tables. The red peppers and the onions dangled overhead. The hams …
