Hi from the Philippines! We've spent the past few days settling in, recovering from some serious jetlag (a 12 hour time difference from our Connecticut home), and preparing for the work with Love146 we're here to do over the upcoming month. I'll be back to share more on that …
Archives for July 2013
5 things I love about homeschooling (& how I embrace them)
Written by Jamie Martin, editor of Simple Homeschool and Steady Mom Recently we discussed the tough stuff--the hard side of home education that gives us a run for our money. But thankfully, that's only one side of the story. There is another--the one that keeps us going through the challenges and …
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Creating confident kids — in and out of the kitchen
Written by Kathreen Ricketson One of my goals - or maybe I should say - my most important goal as a parent is to give my kids the confidence in themselves to know that they can do anything, they can achieve anything if they work at it and want it enough. This confidence in themselves doesn't …
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5 ways to cultivate creativity for a life fully lived
Written by contributor Kari Patterson of Sacred Mundane “All children are artists, and it is an indictment of our culture that so many of them lose their creativity, their unfettered imaginations, as they grow older.” —Madeleine L'Engle, Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art We were …
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When your dreams come knocking, answer the door.
Jamie Martin, editor of Simple Homeschool, also blogs about motherhood at Steady Mom If there's one thing I've learned, it's that dreams don't often show up at convenient times. There's never an ideal, ducks-in-a-row moment to get married. Or the perfect, uncomplicated season to add another …