May 11 is an official holiday in our home! We celebrate It’s a Girl! Day to commemorate finding out via ultrasound that we were at very long last expecting a girl. We had prayed specifically for a daughter all of those years and experienced a …
The first time Caroline asked me a difficult spiritual question I was not prepared. I love theology, discussing doctrine, reading meaty books, studying the Bible, etc., but discussing these topics with a little girl wasn’t on my radar! And yet …
I know from reading conversations online that gifted and 2e children at church is often a big issue for Christian parents. I’m going to say up front I do not have the answers for this. More than any other post in this series I’m going to …
I’ve written many posts that apply to parenting and homeschooling gifted/2e children in the Christian faith. If you aren’t familiar with them, I did touch upon a number of topics related to disciplining children. The following posts …
The idea of giftedness provokes very strong feelings among parents. When some parents hear the words “gifted” or “twice-exceptional (2e)” used to describe their child, they feel relieved. It might be the final piece of the …
Since learning of Caroline’s giftedness (2e), the past year has been a huge learning curve for me. I’ve had to rethink so much about learning and parenting. Because I’m a Christian, I think about these topics in the context of my faith. I realized at …
Like many young women of the late ’80s, I swooned over Gilbert Blythe as portrayed by Jonathan Crombie in the CBC series Anne of Green Gables and Anne Of Green Gables – The Sequel. The news of Crombie’s passing last week broke my …
We have two picky eaters in our home. My daughter is a picky eater. I’m the other one. Because I’ve always been very particular about food, it makes it much easier to accept my daughter’s eating preferences. And she has had them …
This past fall we made the decision to seek out occupational therapy (OT) for Caroline. She was struggling a great deal with the act of writing and we also suspected she had some midline issues. With her permission, I’m sharing our experience …
Have you noticed the rise in teachers who become homeschoolers? I was recently involved in a discussion with educators online related to the Pearson testing spying debacle. I brought up that I thought testing had done more to accelerate the movement …
In The Most Disturbing Trend Happening in Your Church in 2015, the most disturbing trend is revealed to be this: Specifically, in the last 2 years, I have see one common thread become a common rope. Its presence is now ubiquitous; every church I talk …
One would think that with all the challenges we face as homeshooling moms, we would be some of the most supportive women on earth. We live daily with a choice that takes us out of the mainstream in our communities, churches, families, and …
