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Mother’s In Waiting
Today I was the featured writer over at Come Fill Your Cup. I wrote this article a few months back. What a lovely surprise that it was published on my birthday. http://comefillyourcup.com/2012/10/01/mothers-in-waiting/
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Marriage Moment: Surprise
I love my dear Beloved man. Sometimes when I least expect it he surprises me in a way that just thrills me to my toes. This time I was not in any way thinking we would be where we currently are. We are sitting in a cottage in the beautiful Hocking Hills. We have come to our favorite getaway place…
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Five Minute Friday: Grasp on Reality
It’s been a few weeks since I’ve engaged in a Five Minute Writing, I connect with Lisa-Jo Baker where a group of bloggers spend Friday’s with a 5-Minute Write. Lisa-Jo supplies the topic we provide the free form writing. No real editing, no real in depth thought, just the freedom to write for 5 flat minutes. Today’s Topic: GraspGo.This week my…
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Interesting Integers
So Little Man has begun to explore the world of Algebra. The first day, he was worried. He said it would be too hard for him. He said, other people told him that Algebra was hard. I said, “Well let’s give it a try and see what YOU think.” The first lesson was Integers. He was thrilled to learn that Integer…
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This Week… Unit Learning
We started back to our formal education this week. I am quite excited about how I am focusing more on unit based learning. Our Curricula Choices Unit based learning or unit studies is using a general topic to fully learn about that topic from every area of learning. For example, this week we are picking up in history where we…
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Happy Birthday Little Man
I am foregoing my Marriage Moment this week to instead wish my Little Man a very happy 9th year. I can’t believe he has grown so quickly. I can’t believe he is so tall. Someone told me the other day that he was nearly as tall as me. I can’t believe how much he eats and is still hungry after…
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Marriage Moment: Point System
I often hear husbands and wives talk about earning brownie points. You, know when he fills up her tank with gas without being asked he earns points. Or when she makes his favorite meal for dinner he might say she earned some extra points. My question is why keep score? To earn points means you must start with a deficit.…
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Finding Peace When Life Changes
There is one thing that everyone can know is true, change is certain. Things change all the time. Sometimes it happens at the push of a button and other times it’s the natural process of time. When changes come how do you face them? When the change is joyous it may be easy to face. But, when changes make life…
