Making Writing Fun for Kids

Here’s a novel idea. Writing is about writing, not spelling. (I’ll admit, I blinked when I read that. I had my schoolmarm hat on.) If you read my blog, you know I homeschool. You’d also know my mantra: Learning needs to be fun whenever possible! Handwriting for the K-3rd graders isn’t exactly a love affair. [...]

Storytelling and Songs Still Pass from Generation to Generation

My grandson and I were working on his homework last week. He is studying the Inuit people. It took us five chapters before I realized that what we now call Inuit is what my old textbooks used to call Eskimos. Once I realized that, things made so much more sense! Another of the very intriguing [...]

Empty My Hands

Our family is in an odd spot. We’re between normals, if “normal” ever actually exists for us. As we leave one stage and embark on the next, I have no idea how my days will form. What will they include? Which path will they take? As it is now, I’m impatient to get this over [...]

Roma Downey’s Little Angels Giveaway

Discover the joy of learning and friendship with a heavenly new collection! From Executive Producer Roma Downey (“Touched by an Angel”) and Writer Phil Lollar (“Adventures in Odyssey”) comes the much-anticipated faith-based educational series, LITTLE ANGELS, soaring onto DVD from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. Review: Little Angels is a sweet educational preschool series that [...]

Resurrect Your Dream Passion for 2012

Our dreams can be like a familiar childhood friend. They’re often something we’ve grown up with and treasured in our hearts since we were little, but for one reason or another we’ve drifted away from. We all go through seasons where our dreams need to be grounded so we can focus on other things in [...]

Author Susan Sleeman on Balancing Life

How do you balance being a mom, wife, and writer? My youngest daughter has gone to college now, so I am an empty nester, but I can still remember the struggle of balancing everything. The best way I was able to do that and still am able to balance life is to create a to [...]

How Shift Work Hasn’t Wrecked My Marriage, Yet

We hope it’s true love forever, of course. But nothing can destroy a family schedule like shift work. My husband comes and goes at irregular hours. He misses family gatherings, major holidays, the weddings of loved ones. He shows up, derails “The Plan” (which is usually pretty mundane anyway) and claims time that, in the [...]

Author and Homeschool Mom MC Pearson Shares Her Story

Tell us a little about your family and your call to write. I was working at a children’s home as a houseparent alongside my husband. We had two biological children and were living with them and 6 ‘at-risk’ youth at the time when I felt ‘the call’. I would write after everyone went to bed, [...]

Sacrificial Moments in a Homeshool Fishing Booth

Two of my homeschooling friends hosted a Fall Party this weekend. Perfect weather for it, too. We had outdoor games such as a “caramel apple walk”, treasure hunts, egg-and-spoon relays and a picnic-bonfire with a guitar-led sing-along time. At the outset, I found myself with another mom, slightly older than me and a complete stranger, [...]

Taking Care of Family While You’re at Conference

So you have your One Sheets, perfected your pitch, you know who you’re pitching to, and you even splurged for a mani/pedi, but what about those you will be leaving behind? As I get ready to drive to the ACFW conference tomorrow, I’m trying to make sure my family is taken care of. Here’s a [...]

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