To see a World in a Grain of Sand And a Heaven in a Wild Flower, Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand And Eternity in an hour. – William Blake My heart has been broken a dozen times this evening; broken, restored, broken again. The heavy things of life laid anchor, pulling my self-ship to […]
Morning Thoughts: Christ and Humanity
I am up early with my girls today. One wakens with the after-affects of a bloody nose spread across her skin, the other wakens with a belly full of giggles. We bathe, share bananas, and I brew a cup of coffee – a real treat, something I don’t usually get to consume. The sunrise is […]
The Writer Writing
“As I write these words, dust drifts across the floor. Stacks of urgent mail grow tall. The dollhouse curtains stay unmade. Laundry ripens. I need you to understand that I write because poems do not break. They do not follow a clock. Like us, they breathe the air of hamburgers frying, but it is air […]
The Law of God
“[The law of God] is the preserver of true freedom and liberty. It points out and prohibits those things that degrade and enslave…” -Ellen White, Education pg. 291 This quote affects me deeply, and I think it’s because I see Jesus there, in place of the phrase Law of God. And when I look through the lens of […]
Homeschool Finds
As we are taking off from school the rest of June to enjoy David’s post-deployment block leave, I am binging on homeschool books, blogs, articles, forums and websites. Here are a few treasures I’ve stumbled upon: Quotes: “School should be a place where boys or girls lived together in accordance with the best human tradition […]
Habits of Seeming and Not of Being
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ “…given, on the other hand, a mother who’s final question is, ‘what will people say? what will people think? how will it look?’ and the children grow up with habits of seeming and not of being; they are content to appear well-dressed, well-mannered and well-attentioned to outsiders, with very little effort after beauty, order […]
So that’s why we keep old clothes…
I loved, loved, loved this post: Wrap Yourself In Story. A quote: “They are just things, sure. But they are also the illustrations and mile markers and memory stones that we gather up along the way, as our Story plays out year after year. They are more meaningful than mere fashion and they long outlive any […]