Fifteen years ago, when we had just begun homeschooling, I met a mom at a party. She told me she would never homeschool because studies showed that children from high income families did better in so many ways…so she needed to go out and make money as soon as they were in school. I tried [...]
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Review: The Money Saving Mom’s Budget Audio Book
One of the first homeschooling talks I listened to pointed out an interesting fact: most homeschooling moms can manage the actual homeschooling quite well. What leads to homeschool stress and burn out is not the actual homeschooling itself but all the other things moms deal with, including financial pressure. Thus The Money $aving Mom’s Budget [...]
Review: The Wise Woman’s Guide to Blessing her Husband’s Vision
I’ll never forget a new acquaintance telling me bitterly that she had wanted her family to go into missions, ‘but Ed here didn’t want to.’ Husband Ed was sitting right there, resigned to being criticized in front of his children and people he had barely met. He was a godly man, but certainly not a respected [...]
How to Have More Good Homeschooling Days
Last night I stayed up past 10, which was great then. But it’s not so great today. I was even yawning during a trip to the woodlot with my husband to get another load of firewood! Imagine how inspiring I was during homeschool lessons. Poor kids. Elizabeth Elliot once wrote that to get up early [...]
Review: The Resolution for Women
Did you know that everyone makes resolutions, all the time? Each day we choose how to act, what to do, how to live, and what kind of person to be. Others know us by these choices that shape our todays and our tomorrows. However, we’re often not intentional about the decisions that mold our lives. [...]
Free Digital Issue of Homeschool Horizons
Homeschool Horizons is a new Canadian magazine run by Shannon and her husband Tony. I’ve met Shannon, and she’s a sweet bubbly homeschooling mom who wants to encourage homeschoolers across Canada and is willing to share with the whole world. You should not miss the article by Anne White (one of the Ambleside Online founders) in which [...]
Mother Culture
I’ve learned so much from Karen Andreola, and here is one concept that has blessed me for years even though I haven’t always practiced it: “Mother Culture is living the educational life with our children by learning alongside of them. But it is also learning and contemplating off to the side.” As Karen says in [...]
Review: Married Mom, Solo Parent by Carla Anne Coroy
Millions of married women raise their children alone because their husbands are not available. Whether the cause of the husband’s absence is business, the military, ministry, study, illness, or hobbies, the effect is the same: a lonely wife and mother who faces a life more challenging than she had ever imagined. Married Mom, Solo Parent: Finding [...]
Review: Stuck, a Bible Study by Jennie Allen
Many of us are ‘stuck’ in various places in our lives. We may be Christians, but we don’t understand how to apply God’s Word to our everyday struggles. This leaves us in despair and greatly hinders our service to God. Jennie Allen, a wife, mother, and seminary-trained Bible teacher, has prepared this relevant, practical, and [...]
The Family Manager’s Creed by Kathy Peel
Kathy Peel has written several popular books about family management. Although I have not yet read any of them, I just had to share her “Family Manager’s Creed.” Here it is: The Family Manager’s Creed I oversee an organization— Where hundreds of decisions are made daily, Where property and resources are managed, Where health [...]
