Life

  Today I took the last remnants of kindergarten from my kitchen bulletin board.  Sigh.  Here it is, a little rhyme that my five children used for more than 10 years.   A straight line down and then you’re done— This is how to make a one.   Around and back on a railroad track— […]

  This morning I was woken up by the bang of the front screen door, at 5:30.  My husband was off to work early so that he could drop Miss 16 Year-Old off at her dairy farm job.  She’s there one very, very long day a week and loves every moment of it.   The […]

  Little flakes of white floated down among the raindrops.  Snow!  Yes, indeed, snow in the middle of October!   Littlest Miss has her parka ready as well as her snow boots, and she’s choosing mittens from the box… but she won’t need them today.  Unlike in the prairies, the snow isn’t lasting at all here, and I’m thankful.  […]

  As Christian mothers of homeschooled children, we are busy and life is good.  Yes, we face gruelling days, difficult times, health concerns, various worries, and financial difficulties, but on the whole life is very good, and our future with God is solid.  Our future on earth is, Lord willing, also fairly predictable:  the children […]