Great Peace Living

Today we are visiting with our good friends the Cowdery’s in West Virginia. We love this family! Michael and I have watched their children grow up. They are like an unexpected extension of our own family. They live on a 60 acre farm surrounded by mountains. It’s beautiful here. I had anticipated spending this day pretty much just lounging on…

I am involved with a great group of moms!!! The support group is more than just a cooperatives of moms working together to provide extra classes for our children. It is a true support group. We are working to support each other as we walk this road called homeschool. As we walk in this way we are discovering that our…

In our academy I bear the majority of the educational responsibility. At least that’s what I thought, until today. Generally my husband provides emotional, discipline and of course financial support. He truly supports what we are doing and is in full agreement that this is the right educational choice for our son. I make the decisions regarding curricula,  lesson plans,…

Thanksgiving. I don’t imagine that there are many Americans who have not observed some aspect of this holiday. It is a day which has been set aside as a day for citizens to offer thanksgiving for the blessings received. It begs the question, “To whom do we offer thanks?”This seems like an obvious duh kinda answer, right? My answer would…

Today was a good day at the academy.  Not everyday is. For me a good day is when J participates in the work with little or no complaining, when we accomplish all of the assigned tasks and he learns at least one new concept. Today all of those happened. In fact he even volunteered to do his reading asssignment while…

Tonight my heart mourns for my dear sweet friend. Her mother passed away very unexpectedly this evening. We rushed to the hospital to be with the family thinking there may be hours to wait but it was only minutes. I watched something take place during those moments that took me quite by surprise. My friends 9 year old granddaughter went…

Mom’s who are home educators are often telling others about how great home schooling is. There are many reasons why thisis true. When a new concept is understood and the light dawns in the child’s eyes there is nothing that can compare to that feeling. I sometimes wonder if this everything is great attitude has enticed more than one mom…

This past week my little guy was sick. Some little bug, he had a runny nose and a cough, but it kept him out of school for 3 days. He seemed better Thursday but I let him rest anyway. Friday morning we got up went to swim class, I got up late so he had 2 mini cupcakes and a juice…