Author: Jeanette

I wanted to say I’m thankful that I got to know you. I don’t know if I have ever heard anyone say a negative thing about you. You were a man of few words, but you always had a smile for whoever came along, and your handshake and “Howdy!” let us know that you were [...]

“Every good and perfect gift is from above,coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.”James 1:17 We’ve just come through a season of giving and receiving gifts, and ultimately commemorating the greatest Gift that has ever been given. It’s always a time of reflection for me; a [...]

Dear friends, It’s been awhile since I’ve derailed from the topic of homeschooling, but I thought it’d be fun to do another life update. Nothing too much has changed here, but God is blessing us daily, and there’s much to thank Him for. I always like to start by telling you a little about my [...]

“Papa, we had the best school day ever!” a little voice excitedly greeted Cory when he came inside this evening. When asked what made it better than other days, the answer was that “Mom made all of our lessons either a story or a game.” We smiled, and reckoned Charlotte Mason would approve of our [...]

I guess I don’t need much of a preface, as this is part 2. For a preface, see my last post. 🙂 How do you stand being around your children all the time? This question is usually followed by “I could never do it!” While my children are human and sometimes make me want to [...]

First, a quick note: This might be temporarily turning into a homeschool blog. You can laugh, but I’ve been in the process of unofficially “diagnosing”myself with ADHD. I watched some YouTube videos of how adults with ADHD behave. It’s me to a T. Having said that, one of the characteristics of ADHD is hyper-focus. We [...]

The modern mind longs for the future as the medieval mind longed for heaven. The great aim of modern life has been to improve the future, or even just to reach the future, assuming that the future will inevitably be “better.” -Wendell Berry I was reading a book on culture and agriculture, and the above [...]

Well, I originally started this post with some poetic jabber about how October had dashed away in her colorful splendor, and November slid quietly in again, dressed in her usual drab brownish-gray… But now it’s almost a month later and we’re not going to talk about December’s clothes, so here goes another life update, brought [...]

“She’ll be grown before you know it.” I don’t know how many times I heard it after the birth of our firstborn, but these (almost) six years later, the truth is beginning to hit me. I should have seen it written on the wall. But the writing on my walls has always been in crayon, [...]

She looked so tiny when we brought her home ❤️ I wasn’t sure how she was going to hold her own against 3 energetic siblings. I needn’t have worried. She is so loved by everyone here. Some are more gentle than others, but she’s not had any sibling inflicted injuries. Yet. She peacefully sleeps through [...]