The holidays are a wonderful time filled with holiday spirit, family, and moments that turn into life long memories. The holiday season has always been such a special time of the year for me, and I hold so many wonderful memories during this time from my childhood. Having a child with autism, I worried he … Read more
Young home educating moms have much to learn: how to teach math and phonics, how to keep records for portfolios, and eventually, how to make a transcript. While these are all valid things we should learn, we too often forget that mom needs to learn something else as well – something that can spark creativity … Read more
Whew. This has been a year of adjustments, changes, and just plain ol’ letting go. That’s hard for me. Really. Really. Hard. Let me give you a run down of this year for us with James – our oldest. April: We originally though James would be attending the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor in the fall … Read more
My first job in high school was doing odd jobs at a family-run assisted living place. One of my coworkers was Jay Fullmer, and he could draw anything. Seriously. Among other things he’s done, he had his work in the Birds in Art exhibit at the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum one year. His birds … Read more
I’ve been on this homeschool gig for many years and I sometimes feel a bit inadequate teaching a given topic to my punks. Maybe that’s just me. Or… just maybe you sometimes feel the same way. Thankfully, I don’t have to sail this homeschooling ship all by my onesies. Savvy (to paraphrase Captain Jack Sparrow)? … Read more