Thrift Schooling

  https:// churchpeoplefilm.com/?vid= Xvnr8b4IkEI It's almost Easter. What will your church be doing to celebrate? A play, songs, a virtual event? I laugh when I think back to a time when I was caught up in the production of making Easter an extraordinary event. I loved acting and had a pretty decent part in my church play. So much so that for years afterwards people would bring it up in conversation, beginning with, "remember when . . .?" We would then reminisce. Years later, once I had kids, the productions became more and more involved. And intense. One year, a skit was preformed where half a dozen teens dressed up as demons drinking alcohol and doing drugs. Of course in the end Jesus died on the cross freeing them of their addictions but I had young children. All I kept thinking was, if this were playing on the television I would NOT let them watch it. In addition the to acting, the music was a bit edgy. I didn't want to make a scene but I'm the type of person...

They say, “never wake a sleeping baby.” A baby’s sleep is sweet. And I’m not only talking about for them. It is a sweet, sweet, time for mom as well! She can catch up on a little sleep herself if need be. A mother pours her heart out for her newborn. She shows love by nurturing, feeding and caring for them. If a mother simply held her child and said . . . read more at Our Homeschool Forum.

Wow your boys this season with one of these super entertaining and thrilling toys that won’t lose its excitement the day after Christmas! 1) The  Bounty Hunter Junior  is the perfect metal detector for your little treasure hunting explorer. If the boy that you are  shopping for this season is . . . read more on Our Homeschool Forum.

When the clock struck midnight, January 1st, 1990, I was ten years old. I could not believe my parents let me stay up to ring in the new year, but I was glad they did! At that moment, I was reminded of what my fifth grade teacher said to our class as we left for Christmas break, “See you next decade!” Wow. We were entering the 90’s. Who knew it would be a decade filled with so many interesting moments and memories? When we arrived back to school after our break, our teacher sat us down and asked us to answer one question in writing, “Where do you hope to be in thirty years?” Thirty years? That seemed like . . . read more at Our Homeschool Forum.

Looking into the spiritual looking glass of the Word recently, I have been faced with some harsh realizations. I have realized that I am not the Supermom that I see that all those other homeschooling moms are. I do not feel like I am who I want my kids to look up to. I want to be read more at Our Homeschool Forum...

No homeschool mom wants to admit when they are stressed about homeschooling. We plan our day with excitement and enthusiasm but then life gets in the way, attempting to derail us. One of our children have become ill. Our husband is suddenly without work. A child is refusing to work diligently on his schoolwork. The stressors that set you off may not be the same as your homeschooling friend from co-op. They may not be the same as your parents. Whatever they are, they exist. It is important to recognize . . . read more at Our Homeschool Forum.  

I never realized how much I trusted in my own strength and abilities until my husband and I found ourselves stranded in the middle of nowhere, Arkansas. There we were, a family of seven, a dog, and a trailer full of all of our belongings, stuck in a town where we knew no one. Our trusted and most reliable vehicle had blown its engine thanks to some bad fuel at our last stop. We were traveling back to the east coast after a year of mission work in Mexico. Of course our year in Mexico presented many . . . read more at Our Homeschool Forum .