8 TIPS FOR A SMOOTH HOMESCHOOLING DAY
When you are homeschooling, not every day is going to be perfect. Some days are perfectly scheduled from the beginning to end; but then there are days when nothing seems to go the way you’ve planned. Challenges can consist of having a sick child or a family emergency, having to go out to vote or [...]
Update on our National Bible Bee 2012 Preparations
Those of you who have followed my blog for at least a year know that my children have participated in the National Bible Bee competition since its inception in 2009. The Shelby Kennedy Foundation started the competition in honor of a young woman, Shelby Kennedy, who passed away from cancer in 2005. Shelby had a [...]
A Birthday Party for Leo Tolstoy
August 28, 1828 ushered in one of the most famous homeschoolers into the world. Leo Tolstoy was born in Russia to aristocratic parents, Countess Mariya Volkonskaya and Count Nikolai Ilyich Tolstoy. Leo was homeschooled until he until age 16, when he began studying law and oriental languages at Kazan University. Two of his most famous [...]
5 Days of Bonding with Your Daughter: Crafts and Homemaking
This week, I am participating in the “5 Days of… Summer Series” with the wonderful ladies at the iHomeschool Network. As I worked on this Mother-Daughter post, it dawned on me that a lot of my parenting comes from filtering out the special moments I had with my own parents and trying to recreate them [...]
Bonding With Your Daughter Over Your Life Stories
Here is my 3rd post in the 5 Days of…Summer Blog Hop with the IHomeschool Network: Do you like a good story? We all do. As a child, I loved those rare, quiet moments in our very drama-prone family when my mother told me stories of things that happened when she was a child. I [...]
Bonding with Your Daughter Over Her Relationship With God
This week, I am participating in the “5 Days of… Summer Series” with the wonderful ladies at the iHomeschool Network. My topic is “5 Days of Bonding with Your Daughter.” I will share tips and ideas for making your relationship with your daughter a close one, both now and throughout your lifetimes. Read the previous [...]
The Mysterious Mother-Daughter Bond
This week, I am participating in the “5 Days of… Summer Series” with the wonderful ladies at the iHomeschool Network. My topic is “5 Days of Bonding with Your Daughter.” I will share tips and ideas for making your relationship with your daughter a close one, both now and throughout your lifetimes. Have you ever [...]
Dreaded Errand Days
In which I discuss running errands, and my daughter has a few thoughts of her own.
Are You In Marriage to Serve or to be Served?
Hi All! Here’s a video I made after a night in the basement that had me thinking about self-sacrifice within a marriage. Blessings! Sade
12 Habits For Everyday Joy
How’s your joy? How’s your spiritual passion? Stressed? Overwhelmed? Here are the 12 habits I am working to keep my joy where it needs to be, no matter what circumstances I’m facing: For details, watch the video below. Blessings! Sade
