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  • You’re a Teacher? (the BIG picture)

    (I’ve had this post written — mostly — for over a week. I set it to post last week, then changed it to post today instead. But then I was going to chicken out and postpone it til next week. Or the week after that. Or maybe the week after that…) Two years ago, Lindsey…

  • Adoption Story by Eric {Guest Post}

    (Thank you, Eric, for giving us this glimpse into your heart and your life.) It started in a parking lot. One January day in 1997, I met the most beautiful woman and handsome two year old boy that God had destined to be my wife and child. Both Dawn and I knew within a few…

  • Practicing Gratitude {1081 – 1092}

    I’m continuing to count beyond one-thousand gifts… A new photo of me and Ken (thanks to Lindsey); one or the other of us — or both — are usually behind the camera, so photos of the two of us together are few and far between. Spring showers — when NOT accompanied by tornadoes. The scary,…

  • Weekly Report: Catching Up

    Did you know that caterpillars can help with math? Kathryn thinks so! We’re raising caterpillars into butterflies, and Kathryn is REALLY interested in them, so math went better — and less distracting — having them sit there at the table with us. (iPhone photo; forgive the quality) That was last week; now are caterpillars are…

  • Springtime Flower Garden

    My flower garden makes me sooooo happy in the springtime, so I want to share it with you. I’d like to have a pretty wreath on the front door, but birds build nests in it, and then we can’t go in and out that door for weeks for the sake of the baby birds. So…

  • Practicing Gratitude {1066 – 1080}

    Still counting my gifts, as inspired by Ann’s Multitudes on Mondays… Accomplishing a good week of exercising. Good music, and comfortable earbuds for my iPhone. Watching a robin bathe in the birdbath. I’m featured today on Hip Homeschool Moms! A really, really, really cute dog. My dad spending the afternoon and night with us. Laughing…