The Plate-Spinning Mama

Family, Household Management

by Lisa Nehring  You homeschool. You work. You cook, clean, do the dishes, buy the food, and manage the laundry. You have a dog. You have a husband. You have children. You have a body. You have a lot of plates in the air. They are spinning.  The first rule of...

I’ve Lost My Way

Encouragement, Family

by Anjuli Watanabe I am not writing this because I have an answer to any of life’s problems. I don’t have the key to homeschool happiness or a top ten list of things to do to make your life easier. I just realized that I’ve lost my way. And I am wondering how I can...

Beware the Crowd

Encouragement, Family, High School, Teens

by Julie Lynch In high school, I knew a kid whose hobby was stealing cars and going on joyrides with his buddies. Eventually he was arrested and hauled before a juvenile court. With absolute earnestness the young miscreant stated to the judge, “Your Honor, I just fell...

Is This All There Is?

Family, Mothers

by Rebecca Kocsis I think I’m in a rut. Actually, I’m pretty sure that I’m in a rut. One day runs into another and each one looks just like the last. I get up, do my devotions and rouse the kids (or make sure they’re up). I look at my to do list and realize once again...

A Sense of Purpose

Encouragement, Family

by Rebecca Kocsis Have you ever walked into a room, only to forget why you were there? You set off in that direction with a clear purpose. You were going to do something important, or if not important, at least it was something that needed to be done. By the time you...

The Beggar and I

Encouragement, Family

by Rebecca Kocsis “Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the ninth hour, the hour of prayer. And a man who had been lame from his mother’s womb was being carried along, whom they used to set down every day at the gate of the temple which is called...