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    Ladies, Learning and Lunch

    I was privilege today with a great learning opportunity! My friend was asked to speak at a Ladies Inspiration Day. She asked me to go along with her. Last night I went and spent the night at her home so that we could leave bright and early today. She has an 8 1/2 month old baby in her house right…

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    Five Minute Friday– Feeling a Part

    For the longest time, I felt like I would never really fit in with a community group. I was always feeling like I was left out. Shortly after marriage all of our friends began having babies. We did not. They moved on with their lives and their children, we were left behind. This continued for 12 years of our marriage.…

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    Learning About Gifted Education

    Since Little Man was an infant my Beloved and I have marveled at his unusual abilities. We wondered how it was possible for him to do the things he could do. Others would use words like exceptional, gifted, highly gifted or even genius. We hesitated to speak those words out loud, after all every parent thinks their child is a…

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    Looking Forward

    I’m looking forward to this trip. My beloved and I are heading to the convention! I want to share with you some of te reasons why I look forward to this! I’m looking forward to being in  a place where every person I meet or sit next to, has some understanding of what I do and why. I’m looking forward…

  • Family

    Great Peace on the Road

    This week one of the homeschooling convention in my state begins. Since my beloved and I are going to that I am taking Little Man to my parents for the week. They live about 4 hours away. He hasn’t stayed all by himself with them before. He is super excited! My dad is too! I think my dad is a…

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    A Goodbye Meltdown

    I’m joining the Five Minute Friday bandwagon. That means I am I will be given a topic, then am to write for 5 minutes. No more than that. No editing, just free writing. This weeks Topic: Good-bye Today was a co-op day. Because the day was so beautiful we decided to have activity time outside. They had many options for…

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    The Search Is On

    It is that time of year again. Home Education Mom’s everywhere are recieving new catalogs in the mail, email offers, as well as attending conferences and conventions. These moms are on the hunt. No, not for big game to feed their families with, but rather the hunt for their next great home schooling curriculum and hopefully at a really great…

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    Little Hands

    A Mother’s View from the Feet of the Cross I sat in worship on Sunday and during the time of communion, which my beloved happened to be leading, I found myself holding my son’s little hands. He’s not so little anymore I noticed. He’s 8 1/2 and quite tall for his age. He has long fingers, slender. I noticed this on…