In Acts 12, the Lord delivered Peter from his Roman captors. When Peter went to the home of Mary, mother of John – also called Mark, many people were gathered there. Acts 12:13Peter knocked at the outer entrance, and a servant girl named Rhoda came to answer the door. We don’t know anything about Rhoda,…
The BIG day! Our first child has graduated from homeschooling high school…sigh. Over the last couple of months, a lot of people have asked me how I feel about our little boy graduating, joining the Navy and moving away from home. My standard reply, “If I don’t think about it, I’m doing ok.” When they’re…
Our big Nova Scotia homeschool convention is over! It was a success. Our speaker was great, our vendors were fabulous and our volunteers amazing. The youth entrepreneurs outdid themselves, families were encouraged and lots of new friends were made. All of that sounds wonderful doesn’t it? Saturday night (it was night by the time I…
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Anyone who has children knows that choosing a name can be a challenging endeavour. Ecclesiastes 7:1A good name is better than fine perfume, It’s important to have a name that you are proud of. Our children have joked different times, making up names that would be funny. For the ladies there is Ima Man, Eileen…
Have you ever watched an army of ants at work? Each one seems to move with purpose and direction. They are always going: back and forth, they look so industrious. Once, when I was out gardening, I moved a rock and happened upon a nest. All of the tunnels were exposed and I could see…
When I was younger, I taught swimming lessons. When I was training teenagers who wanted to become swimming instructors, I stressed the importance of saying what you mean. For example, if you want someone to do better front crawl you don’t just say, “Do better front crawl.” You need to step by step take a…
We have reached the end of another ‘school’ year and the highlight of the spring (other than sunshine) is homeschool conferences! I ususally don’t have the opportunity to hear very much of the speaker but this year I got to two workshops. Very exciting! What I do get – every conference – is tremendous blessing…
Heading into homeschool conference season, heavy on our minds is what we want to teach our children in the coming year. There is so much material on the market. Some of it good, some of it not so good. It requires a great deal of research, prayer and discernment to select curriculum for our family. …