The Loss of Real Communities
Suddenly the door opened and Pa burst in, saying, “Put on your bonnets, Caroline and girls! There’s a meeting at the schoolhouse!” “Whatever in the world–” Ma said. “Everybody’s going! said Pa. …
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Shredded Salsa Chicken in Crockpot Recipe
Last night as I was about to go to bed, I realized I had a package of boneless chicken breasts that was dated that day. I decided to just quickly clean them and throw them in the crockpot overnight to make shredded chicken. I will use the shredded …
Rosemary and Lemon Chicken in Crockpot Recipe
I saw a similar rosemary and lemon chicken recipe online and decided to come up with my own combo. The original version had fresh garlic, but I wasn’t in the mood for garlic so I omitted it. This was super easy and tasted great! This could also …
Home Schooling or Home Education?
I don’t know why it took me so long to have this aha moment, but it did. It wasn’t until last week that I fully grasped that I am not a homeschooler. I am a home educator. Then I found a little video of John Taylor Gatto that confirmed …
Teaching Our Spirited, Active Child To Read
I wanted to bring together two topics near and dear to my heart in this one post: spirited children and homeschooling. More specifically, teaching a spirited child to read. (If you aren’t familiar with the concept of a spirited child or wonder …
Our Homeschool Learning Room For First Grade
Like many of you, I’ve been consumed with Back to School for the past month or so including getting our homeschool learning room ready. For about two weeks at the end of August all I did in my spare time (and late into the night) was planning …
Introverted Women and the Church
A few years ago I wrote a post about Introverts in the Church that generated quite a bit of discussion. I was bouncing around the web recently and came across What’s it like to be an introverted woman in church circles? This question was asked …