“My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.”
When you compliment my kids, please don’t tell them they’re cute. Don’t go on about how beautiful they are, or talk about Lou’s shiny blonde hair or Bug’s adorable brown curls. Don’t talk about Lou’s smile, or Doozer’s green eyes, or Bug’s sultry eyelashes.
Or if you do, make sure it’s infrequently.
My kids are gorgeous. They [...]
Posted on September 28th, 2007 by Dove
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We plan to homeschool our children. Our oldest are only three years old, so I’m trying to get a head-start on planning which general approach we will use. I am gravitating toward the Charlotte Mason method, because it seems to most closely match my own educational philosophy, even though I’ve never sat down and outlined [...]
Posted on September 22nd, 2007 by Dove
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Sometimes I come across a passage in the Bible that just doesn’t make sense to me. I read, re-read, cross-reference, search my books, ask my husband, and particularly when it’s in the gospels, cry out, “How could Jesus have said that? What in the world does he mean?”
For as bright as I like to think [...]
Posted on September 20th, 2007 by Dove
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So here I am, researching Charlotte Mason’s homeschooling philosophy, and particularly how it applies to my own children’s tender ages, when I come across this paraphrase of one of her tenets:
Outdoor life is necessary to teach nature first-hand, which means plenty of time spent out of doors each day in all weather and in [...]
Posted on August 2nd, 2007 by Dove
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As you might know, my wife and I are pretty big privacy advocates. As such, we try to limit the amount of personal information that gets posted on the internet. I know that as soon as something is public, it can never be brought back. The words and pictures you post are cigar smoke, under [...]
Posted on July 17th, 2007 by Dad
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My dad just returned from a whirlwind trip to Italy with his two sisters, and is now leaving for a week at the coast with all his siblings and their families. Now that he is on disability leave, he is taking the advice of those further progressed in their disease to “do those things you’ve [...]
Posted on July 13th, 2007 by Dove
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…items extracted from the nostrils of one of my children. Three years and four months into parenting and this is my first time, would you believe? Tweezers did the trick this time, but I’ve heard in dire circumstances you can block the open nostril and blow hard into the child’s mouth to launch the plug.
I [...]
Posted on July 13th, 2007 by Dove
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In my search for Christian marriage and parenting resources on the web, I have encountered much too much of a good thing. I’ve found plenty of great resources and suggestions, and plenty of holier-than-thou implications (or outright claims) along with them.
Christians have a tendency to take good lifestyle options and turn them into the plumb [...]
Posted on July 9th, 2007 by Dove
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Even the most careful of us can be scammed.
My husband is a computer guy, and a “thumpin’ good ‘un” at that (as Hagrid would say). He often uses his website and computer hacking skillz to test his clients’ systems for vulnerabilities (with their consent and in their service, of course). Ever since we began dating, [...]
Posted on July 8th, 2007 by Dove
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“It has been well said that no man ever sank under the burden of the day. It is when tomorrow’s burden is added to the burden of today that the weight is more than a man can bear. Never load yourselves so, my friends. If you find yourselves so loaded, at least remember this: it [...]
Posted on July 7th, 2007 by Dove
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