Month: June 2017

A Father’s Rules for Discernment

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Happy Father’s Day! Here’s a post my husband wrote for the Dads:

Do you ever wonder how God intends for us to cope with, or better yet master, the daily demands of life?  I do.  If you’ve read any of Mary’s blog posts, I imagine that you’ve found her to be inspiring – as do I.  How does she do it all?  Our house is always impeccable, the children are excelling in their studies, the bills get paid on time, she has a large and growing number of friends, she’s written three (or is it four now) books, and she seems to always have time for the essentials. Then, there’s me… So, I couldn’t help but wonder, how does she do it? 

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Super Special Fathers

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They come to church on Sunday mornings, a father and his son. Although we try not to stare, we can’t help but notice because there is something so beautifully edifying about this pair. The father, large and strong, carries his son, thin and frail, into the church. He places him on the pew and gently props the limp boy, whose arms and legs dangle uselessly, against his own muscular build. The boy is about twelve. We don’t know their names or their story. We don’t know the medical condition that renders the boy so helpless. Yet my husband and I both agree that no music is as moving and no homily as uplifting as the sight of this father and the love he bears for his son.

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The Handy Dandy Homeschool Shopping List

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Last year I put this list up in the Homeschooling Help menu during the spring. With so many kids to plan and buy books for, I made this list to keep track of what I needed to buy, what I ordered , and what arrived. I also like to compare prices of new and used books, so I made columns for that.  I made a  division between Books I Need and Books I Want, because don’t we all get excited about new curricula? Now with this list, I buy the books I absolutely need first, and then if I haven’t spent too much, I go for the books I want. For those of you who sometimes discover you have bought two of the same book (oops!), here’s the handy-dandy list:

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