Category Archives: Christian Mothering

The Place to be in March and I Will be THERE!!

There is one place to be in March if you are a Christian Homeschool parent, and I get to be there. Where Spartanburg, South Carolina at the Teach Them Diligently Convention    “And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart and with all thy soul and with all thy might. And…

Homeschool Mother’s Journal Jan. 22

In my life this week… This week was both exciting and sad, all in twenty-four hour period.  That’s how life tends to roll though.  First the exciting!!  I am going to Teach Them Diligently!!  I am very excited about this opportunity for several reasons.  The convention itself is enough to make one drool, but I…

Have a HEART Chapter 1~Heart For God

As a homeschool mom I was busy, but as a work at home, homeschooling mom I am BUSY.  Sometime during this busyness, I can lose sight of what matters.  I can get so focused on my children’s education and their projects, keeping house, working, blogging and trying to keep up with it all, that I…

Staying Sane when Plans Change

I like to make lists, and be able to check those things off, however, more times then not, my plans get changed. This week those plans have changed over and over, and I am ok with that.  However, I haven’t always been ok with it… It used to bother me and get me terribly frazzled. …

Fifteen Year Old Memories Rubbing Like Thorns

At the age of nineteen, I went through a rough time.  It all revolved around a diagnoses of my dad having terminal cancer.  I was home from college on Christmas break when he became ill.  The first doctors who saw him said it was heart related.  Later, it was a gall bladder problem.  so they…

Intro. to Have a HEART for Your Kids~Jan. 8

I can really relate to Rachel’s description of starting to homeschool.  The journey to getting there. I was raised in an ANTI-Homeschool family.  I was taught to believe that homeschooling made your kids weird, that they would be socially backwards, that they were just dumb ducks stuck at home all day and never learned nothing……

Getting Ready for an Online Study of: How to Have a HEART for Your Kids by Rachel Carman

Over the years it has been difficult at time to keep a positive attitude about my children.  These time thankfully are few and far between, but I also know that I can improve my overall attitude. This is why I am starting a study with several other online friends with the book, How to Have…

A Journey to Becoming a Proverbs 31 Wife and Link Up.

Well, it has been a bit since I blogged something besides a review.  That however is about to change and I am excited about new things coming for 2012. I pray all of you had a Merry Christmas.  We have six sick children, two who are sicker then we have had in nearly three years. …

Homeschool Mother’s Journal 12/9

I haven’t done one of these in quite some time.  So, I will work on catching you up. In my life … I have been busy with numerous things, from our homeschool, home, and my job with A Journey Through Learning. In our homeschool… We are doing more and more lapbooks and less and less…