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Around Our Home In August

Monday, August 21, 2017 (Updated: Wednesday, November 23, 2022)
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The Transformation Summer of 2017 is drawing to a close. If you remember from last month, we have been doing extensive work on our home. We were also updating all the printables and planners in my shop. We’re mostly done with the house and it …

Category: Our Family Life

Why a Valedictorian and Former Teacher Chose Relaxed Homeschooling

Saturday, July 22, 2017 (Updated: Friday, May 29, 2026)
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A recent TIME article looked at how valedictorians generally aren’t overwhelmingly successful in life. In Wondering What Happened to Your Class Valedictorian? Not Much, Research Shows, Eric Barker writes that valedictorians rarely “go on …

Category: Choosing to Homeschool | Relaxed HomeschoolingTag: Strewing

Around Our Home In July

Tuesday, July 18, 2017 (Updated: Wednesday, November 23, 2022)
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The past several weeks I have been weary, if I am going to be totally honest. The summer heat and humidity always wear me out. Upheaval in my home always wears on me. And I’ve been drowning in the minutia of updating 250+ printable products and …

Category: Our Family Life
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Is There a Place for Conservative Biblical Egalitarians?

Sunday, July 2, 2017 (Updated: Sunday, May 17, 2026)
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October 2025 Update: I wrote this when I had a website named A Woman’s Freedom in Christ. I have folded all of that content into the website you are on now. Is there a place for conservative biblical egalitarians right now? At one point a few …

Category: Biblical Egalitarians

Around Our Home In June

Saturday, June 10, 2017 (Updated: Wednesday, November 23, 2022)
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Isn’t the release into the freedom of summer one of the most wonderful feelings in the world? We have very little that is scheduled regularly during the school year, but there is something about that feeling of no commitments, no schedules, and …

Category: Our Family Life
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Mother’s Cheer Uplifted Family During Great Depression

Sunday, June 4, 2017 (Updated: Saturday, April 4, 2026)
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This is such a lovely remembrance by a woman named Venus Bardanouve from Harlem, Montana. It’s now gone from the public website, but I managed to find it in the Wayback Machine. So many of these stories will be lost if we don’t remember …

Category: Simple Living | The Prudent & Prepared HomemakerTag: Great Depression

Chalkboard Walls In A Kid’s Room And Chalk Allergy

Monday, May 22, 2017 (Updated: Monday, February 3, 2025)
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When we redecorated Caroline’s bedroom, we decided to include a chalkboard wall. She’s creative and we knew she would have lots of fun with it. Well, this decision to put a chalkboard wall in a kid’s bedroom took a few twists and …

Category: HomemakingTag: Decorating Our Cozy Home

Decorating A Tween Girl’s Bedroom

Monday, May 22, 2017 (Updated: Wednesday, February 18, 2026)
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Caroline was ready for a room update after six years of a little girl’s room. It was time to jump into decorating a tween girl’s bedroom which was fun! She likes color so I knew whatever she chose would be bright and cheerful. Caroline …

Category: Our Family LifeTag: Decorating Our Cozy Home | Tweens

The Importance of Deschooling the Homeschool Mom

Monday, May 8, 2017 (Updated: Friday, May 29, 2026)
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Since all of us were educated in some way, we all carry certain expectations regarding what education should look like. I attended public school from kindergarten through college. I then took my teaching degree and taught in various private, …

Category: Choosing to Homeschool | Homeschool Planning

Around Our Home In May

Sunday, May 7, 2017 (Updated: Wednesday, November 23, 2022)
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If you thought it seemed like it had been a bit since I put up a new post, you would be correct. One of the changes I’ve made as I started thinking about pursuing a quiet simple life again is to not pressure myself to produce content all the …

Category: Our Family Life

We Must Simplify or Lose Untold Treasures

Wednesday, April 19, 2017 (Updated: Saturday, November 15, 2025)
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So often the act of simplifying is seen as something that would be nice to do if we could squeeze it into our lives. Simplifying would be an added bonus to life if we had the time to get to it. But we’re not convinced it would make that much of …

Category: Contentment | Margin

Ministering Where You Are – Staying Is The New Going

Saturday, April 15, 2017 (Updated: Wednesday, February 25, 2026)
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I have never had an overwhelming desire to do foreign missions. I’ve never even done a short term missions trip. The Lord has provided so many situations right where I am at the time that I’ve never felt that I was short on opportunities …

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Sallie Schaaf Borrink

I’m Sallie — wife, mother, just-retired homeschooler, and happy warrior for Christ. Our little family lives a quiet and cozy life of home education, self-employment, and pithy exchanges. I’ve been writing here for 20+ years as a curator of Truth, Goodness, and Beauty. I don't peddle trendy aesthetics or ideas, but write about what I'm learning while thinking for myself. And I like to laugh. A lot. Start here. ♥

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