Written by Melissa Camara Wilkins A couple of weeks ago, some girlfriends and I went out for coffee and talked, as you do, about all the things in our lives and in our families' lives that have not gone according to plan lately. He didn’t get a part in the play. She didn’t make the team. His best …
How do you do the next right thing?
Written by Melissa Camara Wilkins Mamas of grown-up kids, I would just like to say: I don’t understand how you did that. I mean, I understand the growing part. I understand how they start out like squishy little peaches, and you feed and water them, and then one day they’re taller than you are and …
Melissa’s homeschool day in the life (with a 4-, 7-, 10-, 11-, 14-, and 17-year-old)
Written by Melissa Camara Wilkins I want to tell you about a typical day at our house, but… that’s harder than it sounds. The first thing I should tell you is that the kids are 17, 14, 11, 10, 7, and 4, and they’re all busy, all the time. But you probably would have guessed that, wouldn’t …
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For a happier homeschool, stop saying these 7 things
Written by Melissa Camara Wilkins Right now, I am staring at my computer screen, thinking about all the reasons I can’t write these words to you. I’m too tired. My thoughts won’t come together, they keep shimmying away when I’m not looking (not unlike my preschooler at bedtime). My ideas might not …
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4 questions that will simplify your homeschool this fall
Written by Melissa Camara Wilkins September always makes me think two things. One, I really should have bought more markers while they were on sale for forty-seven cents a box. (Back-to-school sales are the best.) And two, How can I make things simpler around here? I actually ask that second …
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