What better way to celebrate finishing up homeschool kindergarten than with a spontaneous trip to the beach?
But before we get to the beach part, how about that oddly specific "homeschool kindergarten" part . . .
I say homeschool kindergarten because, unfortunately, the private school prerequisites for first grade are slightly different than I’d expect the homeschool prerequisites to be.
You learn something new every day, some of them not as nice as others. ...continue reading
Earlier this week, I posted a couple family pictures to my social media and added this caption.
I thank God every day for them. This sweet little spot, these beautiful people, this extraordinary life . . . what an incredible gift.
I am just so overwhelmingly grateful.
God has been so good to me. ...continue reading
The last time we had family pictures taken (thanks again, Butterfly Portrait Studios), I came home with this gem.
A picture that embodied excellence to me.
A reminder.
A challenge.
A portrait of a good mother.
The mother I am, because that is me in the picture.
But more than the mother I am . . . the mother I want to be. ...continue reading
Don’t worry, I promise I won’t turn this blog into a book-reviewing website. For one thing, I won’t be reading enough books to merit that, and for another, I don’t usually enjoy reviewing books. So maybe just think of this as a “part two” to my last book review post. 🙂 ...continue reading
Yesterday at Bible Time, Alec was looking through the new Bible story book we’re reading, and he found a picture of light streaming out of an empty tomb.
“Can we read this story, Mom?”
I told him that Easter was actually this coming weekend, and that Easter is when we celebrate that very story, and of course we could read it.
It started with the crucifixion, and as I read I tried to make sure Alec especially understood why it was that Jesus had to die, but as I tried to talk about it, he kind of brushed off what I was saying with, “But in three days . . .”
Yes, in three days came the resurrection. And when we read it all as one story, when we know that glorious ending, it’s hard to remember to sit with the enormity of the crucifixion. ...continue reading
