Several years ago I picked up my first Homeschooling Today magazine which I enjoyed tremendously. Even as a Catholic Homeschooler, I found so much that was useful and valuable to me in my daily life as a homeschooling mom. I felt encouraged and excited and looked forward to putting into practice a number of the [...]
In recent weeks I have made a number of comments on the True Womanhood blog about issues of Patriocentrism. Normally this would be a post for my faith blog, but since Our Homeschool is my main blog, this is the one that has been seen most by people linking to me from those discussions.
It seems [...]
For me, the answer to this question has been, don’t.
I haven’t been feeling well the last few days. Add to that some pregnancy hormones and generalized irritability and I’m a bit cranky. I actually haven’t been doing schoolwork with Piper because I don’t think I have the patience for it.
This could be a [...]
I was feeling a little annoyed at a patient tonight who was convinced that people were trying to kill him, and to escape, tried to run me over with his wheelchair. Then I spoke to a patient who said how grateful he was that the staff provided such good care, and I was reminded again, [...]
Piper: Do you know why I’m beautiful, Mommy?
Me: No, Piper, why?
Piper: Because of Jesus.
Me: Jesus made you beautiful?
Piper: Yes, because I love you so much.
Me: Jesus made you beautiful because you love me?
Piper: Yes. Love makes you beautiful, and Jesus too.
I love the way children’s minds work, sometimes.
What a busy week!
Thursday we went to our first Mass at the church closest to us, and it was wonderful. Reagan had his feet washed by the Priest. We saw neighbors there, and the Mass was in English and Spanish.
Saturday we met up with friends and had a wonderful time. Then I went to the [...]
Reagan missed Karate last week because he was so sick.
He hadn’t been able to go this week because I was so sick.
I finally felt well enough today to take him to Karate, which I thought was at 5:10. We got there and it seemed like he was the only one there. I looked [...]
