Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist
Earlier this week, my daughter-in-law looked at her youngest in the back seat car seat and was astonished to see that he had somehow unearthed a bright blue marker and had drawn all OVER his face. (And he had had so much fun doing it too !) : ) It […]
As I slowed down for all the soccer traffic this Saturday morning, I remembered when our family was part of that same mass. Our entire Saturday seemed to revolve around meaningless outcomes of meaningless games coached by men who would have really no long-term meaning in our children’s lives. Of […]
On my treadmill this morning, I thought “Oh my GOSH–how many years have I been doing this–running from old age–and he gets closer everyday!” I remembered how back in high school track practice, Coach Mo would have us running laps after laps after laps until most of us were throwing […]
I took my sister to Alabama to be in the studio audience of the Rick and Bubba show’s first radio broadcast of 2010. Unlike their names suggest, Rick & Bubba are incredibly intelligent, articulate, and hilarious men of integrity who honor God in every show — which is syndicated nationally […]
We are this minute watching Tim Tebow’s last collegiate game. He is the present “poster boy” for homeschooling, and a better example would be hard to find. Luke just noticed that he has written Eph.2:8-10 on his face. We looked it up and there it says: “For it is by […]
We have just finished being with family over Thanksgiving…what a blessing! I hope all you parents are INTENTIONALLY making meaningful memories by noticing all the giftings of your particular family. My brother-in-law and sis-in-law have been raising sheep this year. It is FASCINATING watching them grow from newborn lambs to […]
There are many things which I cannot fully grasp, but I know that they are true: God loves me and wants a personal relationship with me. That you can love your 2nd, 3rd, and 4th born as much as you loved that firstborn. That two can become one. That I’ve […]
In a graduate class I am taking right now, we heard today about testing for different learning styles. This is nothing new to me–in my book, I even have a quick test you can give your kiddo to find out if he is a visual, auditory, or kinesthetic learner. Most […]
Since learning of our FOURTH expected grandchild, I remembered how one of our own kiddoes never slept through the night until he was 18 months old. I recall getting up in the middle of cold, dark nights and sitting up in a creaky rocker, nursing. After many months of this, […]
So, there are very few homeschooling homes that would be featured in “Architectural Digest” magazine. First, our proudest possession is not our home, and most of us are a one-income family. In addition, we encourage discovery and creative exploration in our children everyday–in essence, we live in a learning laboratory. […]