This year feels different than ever before. I have finally realized: I am not limitless! 😉 I am a second-generation homeschooler—and an only child. My mom was an amazing teacher and it seemed like we did everything. Life as a larger family has meant my kids have many advantages in the form of their built-in siblings that I didn’t have…
Written October 2017. Most kind and loving people have admirably low expectations for mothers of young children. People constantly reassure me that my failures are okay, whether it’s that I forgot to bring something, do something, answer an email quickly, or even if it’s something more important: “Nobody can be perfectly patient all the time.” “I didn’t read the Bible…
Today someone asked me how it is that I always seem to be so peaceful. Someone whom I have no reason at all to believe is a Christian; someone whose relationship with me does not generally entail talking about religion or personal beliefs at all, in fact, whose relationship with me (i.e., “professional”) makes such conversation socially verboten. …in your…