TO BE ALL ALONE IN HER OWN HOME! Now, don’t get me wrong. A big part of the choice to homeschool was so that our kids would be HOME, and with Robert and me a majority of the time. Ironically, though, I consider this to be the most difficult part of homeschooling ~ that everyone… Read More A Homeschool Mom’s Fantasy?
A soothing tongue is a tree of life, but perversion in it crushes the spirit. Proverbs 15:4 Like apples of gold in settings of silver is a word spoken in right circumstances. Proverbs 25:11 Righteous lips are the delight of kings, and he who speaks right is loved. Proverbs 16: 13 Pleasant words are a honeycomb,… Read More Not Resolutions, But Requests: Part 2
Today felt like the REAL first day of our sabbatical. Christmas festivities are over, family have all returned home, gifts have been exchanged, money burning holes in pockets has been spent, and there are no more meals of complete indulgence in sight ~ to prepare OR to eat. I even took a nap today, which… Read More Not Resolutions, But Requests: Part 1
Our family has had the great privilege and luxury of spending time in Maine almost every summer since we’ve lived in Massachusetts. Maine is such an amazing place, and I’d have to agree with the slogan that we see on the welcome sign as we cross the state border: Welcome to Maine: The Way Life… Read More Acadia: Travel or Triathlon Training?
…and more grateful than ever to be running the race of life with him… …still with a heart that thrills to see him across the room, or in anticipation of a night out ~ or in… …still having a respect for his character and leadership that only deepens with each year… …still amazed by his… Read More 19 Years…
“Wow, Mel. That’s not normal, you know. And I mean that in the best way possible.” my sister said as I described the gifts I received on Christmas day from my loving husband. After we talked about her Christmas morning with her kiddos and then ours, and what everyone had received this year, she asked… Read More My Gifts: A Ring and A Prayer (and a book)
You probably guessed that we spent last week in the beautiful state of Maine. I remember looking at U.S. maps at school growing up and thinking of Maine as being such remote, and foreign land. And I guess it sort of it, unless you live in Massachusetts or New Hampshire, and even then a lot… Read More The Maine Event Part 1: Anniversary Trip
Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the church, He Himself being the Savior of the body. But as the church is subject to Christ, so also the wives ought to be to their husbands… Read More This Mystery is Great….
First stop: Carriage ride through Central Park. It was 20 degrees (wind chill – 0 degrees), but we did it anyway. We were just numb by the end! The last time we had been in a carriage together was on our wedding day in August of 1992. It was 100 degrees that day! A wonderful… Read More Big Apple Birthday Adventure – Part 1
Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may win. Everyone who competes in the games exercises self-control in all things. They then do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable.I Corinthians 9:24-25Some of… Read More In Training