Attending My First Homeschool Conference

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This is my second year homeschooling and it still feels like my first. I’m still struggling to find our groove and to figure out what our homeschool looks like. I imagine it’s something that will take some time to figure out, if I ever figure it out at all.  Last year I was watched from [...]

Giving, Without Giving Up

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Most of us are pretty busy people. In my own life, I am barely keeping up. When I think of giving my time to others, it sometimes feels overwhelming. Yet, isn’t that what Jesus told us to do?  How can we give, and teach our children to give, when we are over-scheduled and busy? First, there are two areas [...]

Surviving the Winter Blues

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I don’t know about you, but I’m not a big fan of winter.  There are many reasons I live in Texas, you know aside from the fact that my husband’s job is here, and right smack front and center is the fact it has practically no winter. But, there’s at least two weeks in the [...]

Beating the Blues

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Today it is 8 degrees outside. Through my open window above my computer screen, the sky is gray and the branches on my giant sycamore are waving in the wind. I look to the ground and the grass has died and is long gone. They say it may snow outside and the thought of it [...]

Change through baby steps

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A New Year is symbolic of a fresh start for all things, and most people like to start the New Year with goals for themselves and their family.  No matter how big or small the new goals they start with the best of intentions and the spirit of commitment.  For me it does not take [...]

Learning without limits

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People place limits on themselves for many reasons, some good and some bad.  I have noticed that people often limit themselves when it comes to learning.  When I hear the words “I can’t do that, I don’t know how” my response is always “then learn how”.  Learning can be a challenge and it does require [...]

Creating Good Habits

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  “We are what we repeatedly do.  Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit.” Aristotle   January.  A new month for exciting things to begin to happen.  ”This year is going to be different than all the rest!”  How many times have we all said that? Everyone seems to start out a new [...]

Flexibility Matters

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I would say that most of us who homeschool know that a great benefit is that we can be flexible in our scheduling. What I didn’t expect and always seems to haunt me is the guilt that goes along with venturing from the norm or changing my planned schedule. I know that we homeschool so that we [...]