“Like a wildflower; you must allow yourself to grow in all the places people never thought you would.” I found this pretty little flower growing in a crack in the sidewalk the other day. I just HAD to snap a picture of it. Here this beautiful flower was growing in the most unlikely of places. […]

I think one of the hardest shifts for most new homeschoolers is to stop thinking like a public schooler. Unless you were raised as a homeschooler, then all that you know and are familiar with is the public school mindset. We have been fed our entire lives that this is what we do. When we […]

There are some women who are blessed to have been born with patience. To those of you that have no problem in the area of patience… move along. This post just isn’t for you. For the rest of us, including myself, patience doesn’t come naturally. There are two options that you can follow if patience […]

With Thanksgiving in our rear view mirror, I’ve been trying to use up the rest of our left over turkey. And we have A LOT of left over turkey. Even after turkey sandwiches and turkey soup, there is SO much turkey!!! I was racking my brain over what to do with all this turkey besides […]

If you want to know what the number 1 thing I think you should incorporate into your homeschool is, then here you go. MUSIC!!! And not just listening to quality music, which is important, but learning to play an instrument. I have a daughter that has ADD. When we first started homeschooling, she would sit […]

When I dreamed of being a mom, part of that dream always included sending my kiddos off to school when they turned five. And sadly when I was a new mom and when things got hard I couldn’t wait for my kiddos to turn five so I could send them to school. Being a mom […]