Monthly Archives: March 2007

Everything has its place and place value

I’ll start with – I love Math-U-See (MUS). A homeschooling mom from church has always spoke highly of it and after evaluating several math curricula and actually working through another curriculum with a homeschool family with a daughter close to … Continue reading

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Resurrection Eggs/Sharecropper's Seed – Nicole C. Mullen

Okay, our local Christian bookstore closed and promised to re-open in another town/city and today while perusing the Pennysaver there was an ad for their new store and they were having a sale on Resurrection Eggs – only $9.99. This … Continue reading

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The State of Christianity

Over the past few days I have read some interesting articles about Christians and Christianity. Two of the articles really got me to thinking about the message of Christianity that we Christians are sending to the rest of the world. … Continue reading

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Sometimes, I wish I could just shut it

Being an effective parent takes skill and training and the longer that I am a parent, the more I believe that God gives children to show us those things that are in our hearts that we think are small and … Continue reading

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We went to the circus – what a great day

Yesterday was so great that I wanted to write about it yesterday but some unexpected things came up and today has been just as crazy. Anyhoo, we were blessed with tickets to the circus (Ringling Bros.) by our church (the … Continue reading

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Growing my mind

As we continue down the homeschool path and figuring out what works for us and what doesn’t, I have come quite fond of classical homeschooling from a Christian perspective.  After reading and re-reading The Well-Trained Mind by Jessie Wise and … Continue reading

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My fast from television…what I learned

Tomorrow marks the end of my 7 day fast from the television.  While I have done these fasts in the past, I have never done them during a season of 24.  I started this fast at the request of my … Continue reading

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Manic Monday

I do remember the Bangles and really liked this song and really felt like it was the most appropriate title for my day today.  Every week, I use my daughter’s Sunday School lesson (her teachers send a wonderful email update) … Continue reading

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Oprah & the price of education

I was trying not to comment on this issue but now that Oprah has opened a second school, I feel that I must address the rules issue at her first – the Leadership Academy.  Granted this second school will be … Continue reading

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A Selfless Act

Today is our daughter’s 4 year post transplant anniversary – praise God!!!  I haven’t written in some time but here is a poem in honor of the day.  A Selfless Act Today the rains came Not a little rain To … Continue reading

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