When I was nine with freckles and braids, I remember staring through the slats of my bunkbed railing watching my Mama rock my sister to sleep. It was long past midnight, and she rocked and sang so softly with an exhaustion I recognize now because I’ve been there-done that a thousand times myself. As the infant […]
Pictures from Nature Study
The last few weeks have been busy with very little time for words, but I have kept the camera handy. Here are a four of our favorite pictures from our last three weeks of Nature Study.
Edges
i see him on the edges of my days; his back in the bathroom as my eyes adjust to the morning light, a kiss, a smile; and the yawning hours, of day shutting and walls folding to sleep. in the middle we are full of all the goings-on, diapers folded, videos taken of Baby’s new […]
Himself a Lover of the Beautiful
I have been dusting off the covers of old religious books, many of which are underlined and marked by the pen of my husband’s great-grandfather. Education, a small volume by Ellen White, has proved to be a good companion to the reading I have been doing already in Charlotte Mason’s Ourselves. I’ve been surprised by how well they […]
On Soul Mates
“The Talmud says, with maybe a touch of hyperbole, that since the work of Creation was finished, God has been engaged in matchmaking, and that the task of bringing together a couple is tougher than parting the Red Sea (Sotah 2a).” source And I would say, what is tough about bringing together a couple […]
There Is Grace
He wanted an ice cream cake for his birthday: white cake, with the ice cream strawberry. I whipped eggs for 30 minutes in an attempt to get those peaks, but only managed a firm sort of foam. He snuggled close. All seven years of boy pressed into my arm as I folded the batter between […]
Homeschooling: Nature Study
One of the cornerstones to a Charlotte Mason-inspired homeschool is the practice of Nature Study. Access to the outdoors is emphasized from the earliest age, with it being recommended that young children spend 4-6 hours outside a day, weather permitting! Most of the child’s time out of doors is expected to be spent in free […]
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