Interruptions
This Interruption Called Cancer
by Guest Author Mike Dellosso Talk about interruptions. Hey, I’m a husband and a daddy to three little, very talkative, very active girls. I’m used to interruptions. But on March 17 (St. Patrick’s Day–I’m not Irish) I sat at work with my ear to the phone, thinking I’m only 35, I have a wife and…
Raising Ragpickers
The savior in Og Mandino’s “The Greatest Miracle in the World” is a mysterious old man with an affinity for what he calls human rags. In the story Og is the rag-an ambitious, successful magazine publisher who is burning out faster than a single-shot firecracker. The irony is that his magazine is about Success, but…
Kids, homeschool and writing, Oh my!
There are days I question my sanity. And days when my husband does the very same. 😉 When I married, I had no plans to homeschool three children, be a published author, be president of a writers’ group, teach high school seniors, speak, do interviews, blog, participate in a homeschool group, a home group, and…
On Medals, Awards and a Rock Named Stretch
My husband was frustrated with the amount of clutter and debris piled into our closets and drawers. “Every single thing you open has a bunch of junk in it,” he said, disgustedly. “I mean, just take a look at this drawer,” he pulled open a drawer from a small desk in our bedroom. In it…
Real Life Homeschooling
Real life has a way of interrupting… For the past two weeks, colds and flu viruses have kept my family and me under siege. I used to somewhat smirk when one of our kids became ill, thinking, Hey–we homeschool, no biggie. We might have to lay low, but we can still stick with the schedule!…
What Speaks Love to a Writer?
A very special Happy Valentine’s Day to one and all! Hope you’ll both say and hear some special words of love today. Let me be among the first to do just that…. If you’re a writer and parent, please know you are appreciated! I thank you for your words and for following the Lord’s call to…
Finding the Time
Finding time to write is something I daily struggle with as a busy homeschooling mom. We all know about full schedules, most of us are writing around them already. For the past eight months, I’ve been hiding behind one excuse or another but what it all boils down to is fear. I’m afraid that I…
It’s Show Time, Again and a School Update!
I can’t believe it’s show time again. Well, not action show time, but audition for their school’s production of The Music Man is tomorrow. Their small Classical Christian school is non for is top notch performances which is great, but also means there’s a chance they might not get the big parts they are getting…
Cranium Bloom: Nurture Your Child’s Genius
Even before I homeschooled I was always looking for fun, educational games for my kids. When my oldest was 2, he started playing computer games, but they weren’t the frivolous games he plays now on ps2 or the Wii. They were educational. He started out with games like Bailey’s Book House which taught letters and…
Parenting Power in the Early Years by Brenda Nixon
Growing up, as the middle child, in Ohio, Brenda worked as a nanny and preschool teacher following college. She moved to Missouri where she married, had her first daughter, earned a Masters Degree in Religious Education, had her second daughter, worked as a hospital chaplain, parent educator, and then served as the parenting expert on…