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12 Easy Guest Room Ideas

Wednesday, November 23, 2016 (Updated: Saturday, November 13, 2021)
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Will you be hosting visitors sometime soon? Whether it is for a holiday or the summer travel season, creating a peaceful haven for guests in your home is a great way to practice hospitality. Here are 12 guest room ideas that include my favorite …

Category: HomemakingTag: Hospitality

How To Talk With Your Daughter About Puberty

Wednesday, November 16, 2016 (Updated: Monday, June 29, 2026)
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When you held that little baby in your arms, did you ever imagine you would get to the day when you had to think about how to talk with your daughter about puberty? And yet here it is. I think it is especially important to discuss hormones and the …

Category: Homeschooling & Family RelationshipsTag: Book Lists | Books For Girls | Tweens

100 Wholesome Books for Girls and Tweens

Tuesday, November 15, 2016 (Updated: Monday, June 29, 2026)
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Finding wholesome books for girls and early tweens can be challenging. So much of what is being published today is drivel at best to downright concerning or even abhorrent. If you have a sensitive girl, it’s even more challenging. In an effort …

Category: Cozy Book Reviews | Creative & Visual-Spatial Learners | Sensitive & Intense ChildrenTag: Book Lists | Books For Girls | Chapter Books | Laura Ingalls Wilder & Little House Books | Picture Books | Twaddle | Tweens

The Best Homeschooling Curriculum and Only Method You Should Choose

Monday, October 24, 2016 (Updated: Thursday, June 25, 2026)
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What is the best homeschooling curriculum? Which homeschooling method is the best? These are often the first questions a new homeschooler will ask. Likewise when two homeschoolers meet for the first time, the inevitable questions are “what kind …

Category: Homeschool Planning

Being a Berean | Using Wisdom and Discernment Online

Saturday, October 8, 2016 (Updated: Friday, June 26, 2026)
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"...examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so..." Acts 17

Category: Christian Living
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The Importance of Women Studying Theology

Friday, October 7, 2016 (Updated: Saturday, July 4, 2026)
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Perhaps we have turned a tiny corner over the past year. In one week, two different Neo-Reformed Complementarian websites had posts about the importance of women studying theology. They were even affirming of women studying theology (albeit with many …

Category: Biblical Truth & DiscernmentTag: The Gospel Coalition | Tim Challies

Daily Life and Priorities in a Creative Relaxed Homeschooling Family

Sunday, September 4, 2016 (Updated: Monday, June 29, 2026)
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One of my homeschool parenting aha moments came when I realized we had the freedom (and responsibility) to fully embrace that we are a creative family. Prior to that moment I had always felt that I needed to structure life and homeschooling …

Category: Creative & Visual-Spatial Learners | Homeschool Planning | Relaxed Homeschooling Basics
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Sallie Schaaf Borrink

I’m Sallie — wife, mother, just-retired homeschooler, and curator of my home. 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 about Truth, Goodness, and Beauty. And I like to laugh. A lot. Start here. ♥




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