Today I am thankful for the kids in the 3rd & 4th Grade Bible Class that I teach. This morning they worked diligently to say their memory verses. Some did several.  But everyone present said at least one. I’m so proud of how much they are working. I’m thrilled to see how they get excited and encourage each other in learning more. What great little learners they are!Proverbs 7:1-3My son, keep my words,And treasure my commands within you.2 Keep my commands and live,And my law as the apple of your eye.3 Bind them on your fingers;Write them on the tablet of your heart.Lord, I thank you for these beautiful children. I thank…

30 Days of Giving Thanks: Day 11 Thankful for my blog readers. It was a little more than a year ago that I started blogging. It started out as a natural progression from writing notes on facebook. I wrote little notes for my friends to see what was happening in our homeschool. Those notes got longer and the ideas started flowing. That’s when I created this blog. I didn’t imagine that more than just a few close friends would ever read my posts. What I have found instead is a vast online community where people (mostly women) from all over the globe encourage and support each other in word. My…

Day 9: Homeschool Mom Friends Last night I went out for Sushi sans children and husbands with a Homeschool Mom Friend. That was a first for me, sushi in a restaurant. A few months back I spent some time in the home of a this homeschooll family. The mom and I have  over the past four years watched our children grow in homeschool world. We’ve supported each other through curricula choices and styles of learning. We talk about differentiation and stretching our children and curricula to meet their needs. We talk about life and faith and the joy and frustration that surrounds us on this journey. While in her home, she…

30 Days to Give Thanks Link Up Today I am thankful for the right to home-school my child. I’m thankful that I live in a country where I can choose to seek alternative forms of education. I’m grateful that our founding fathers laid forth a plan that would establish freedoms that would last for hundreds of years, and that over time those within the government would continue to build upon those foundations. We are a nation of freedom and even though their are many who are seeking to thwart those freedoms, we are still free to educate our children in our homes, teaching the scriptures and doctrine as we deem…

Don’t Forget to Vote!!!Today I am grateful to God the Father that I am privileged to live in a country where I have the right to cast my ballot. I’m thankful that I have the right to express my thoughts, beliefs, opinions and morality both in speech and in the election booth. I’m grateful that I live in a country where the people still have the right to choose who will be their leaders and that we have a government of the people for the people and by the people. As I head to the polls today, I pray that God will guide my hand to choose those who seek…