Another School Year – and so it begins…
Here we are – another year of homeschooling, or maybe for some of you: the first! What are some ingredients to make it successful? I assume that you are doing this of your own free will, that you are not being forced to homeschool – that you are doing this for a reason or for
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Homeschooling in a Covid-19 World
Those of us who were homeschooling in the 2019-20 school year were going along as usual, when COVID-19 came upon us in March. Unlike those whose children were in school, we continued as we were, teaching our children. On that level, the pandemic didn’t affect us as much as non-homeschoolers. But even for us things
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Focus on….?
I was on a walk today, and I saw this: I took a closer look and saw this: And then I focused even closer and saw this: How beautiful! But only after I took the time to look up close – to focus on the beauty that was not noticeable from a glance or from
“Robin’s Rule” or “The First Two Things”
I have discovered a sort of Law, not a law that someone made up, but a “this is how things work” sort of thing -such as “the law of gravity.” It’s not a rule, although I call it “Robin’s Rule” for alliteration – it’s just something I discovered. It could be called “The Law of
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An Inexpensive Gift
In my neighbourhood, when I am out for a walk and a person (or people) is walking toward me, we smile and/or nod and/or say hello. Recently I was in Toronto (the largest Canadian city) for two weeks, where I took walks once or twice daily – the weather was sunny and many, many people
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The Bible Chapter that Makes Me Angry
Anyone who knows me well knows that I love the Bible. I read it through once a year by reading portions of it every day. It encourages me, convicts me, refreshes me, inspires me. I love the Bible. However: The sixty-six books of the Bible vary a lot! Some are historical, some are prophetic, some
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God Works in our Children’s Lives!
Each of our children are different, with their own personalities, gifts and challenges. It is so important to let that sink in. It is so important not to compare them to their siblings, their friends, or even to yourself. One of our children was not very academic – she found some subjects challenging, but it
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A Worthy Sacrifice
“Are you okay?” my husband asked me. “Yeah, I’m fine,” was my answer. The truth was, I was sort of fine. That is, I should have been fine. But I was sort of not fine. There was nothing actually wrong except my attitude. Circumstances (one child was sick, another one was working at her new
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Seeking Beauty
In the last year, the year of the pandemic, I have tried to take a walk every day. I prefer to walk in the woods or by water as I find walking in such settings refreshes my soul. There is so much beauty, and I often think of lyrics from a song by Rich Mullins: