Following is something I shared when I spoke with fellow moms at a local homeschool group last week. Today, I share it at Passionate Purposeful Parenting… Being a parent is hard. We face the task of raising little ones, pre-teens or young adults – or all three in my case! We search for answers to [...]
“Maybe there just might be a Kia in our future…” Those are the words I heard from my husband as I drove him around to show him all the features of this economical vehicle. What impressed him? The headlights. The seat warmers. The fuel economy screen. This Kia Optima Hybrid holds great memories for me. [...]
I left the BEECH Retreat 48 hours ago, turning north off of Captiva Island, FL to head home. My fellow blogging friend, Mary of Homegrown Learners and I rode the 11 hour trip back to Georgia together. The long trip gave us focused time to talk about all we had learned. To share how we [...]
January is the month so many are working on, hoping to and longing to establish new habits. So, here we are at the end of January. How are you doing? You may be wondering how do you make habits stick? Today, over at Habits for a Happy Home I am sharing all the best – [...]
I grew up in Southern California. One of our favorite summer Saturday outings as a family was to visit one of the many large regional parks in Orange County. One Saturday morning while I was in middle school, my dad called all of us children together and asked a question: “Would you like to go [...]
This week has been a bit of a colorful blur. We’ve had a few sick children around here. One level of the house for the sick, one for the well. We do have well ones! And everyone else is slowly feeling better. So I focused on small victories. Like this one I shared on Facebook… [...]
It’s just about a given that when you have five children in the house and participate in multiple events that you will have some sickness. Well, we’ve been socked pretty hard the last couple of weeks. Sickness spaced out just right, several doctor visits and gallons of Gatorade. So I thought I’d gather a few, [...]
(my brother’s homemade gift tags – small, free hand pieces of art we look forward to each year) Part of the fun of giving gifts each year is making them! We set aside some afternoons – spread apart in December – to spread out supplies and make gifts. Permission to paint and create! Sometimes we [...]
It’s the Monday before Thanksgiving and dear readers do I have a surprise for you! Because I am so grateful for you, we have an amazing giveaway for you today! Just in time for Christmas we have teamed up with iHomeschool Network blogs to offer $1,100 in prizes. The giveaway starts today with a winner [...]
This highly educated man looked me straight in the face and asked his pointed question. His rimmed glasses balanced just slightly down on his nose. “How are you qualified to be a homeschool teacher?” he asked. Immediately my defensiveness swelled. The protective mother and ‘how dare you’ side of me. He must have seen this [...]
I’m serving up chocolate and passing out roses to you, dear readers. Thank you for your support of our Southern Hodgepodge. We are humbled and blessed with your homeschool blog award nominations in a hodgepodge of categories. Thank you!! Did you know that we are a Southern Hodgepodge? A trio of sites serving homeschool families. [...]
“I’m sad my baptism is over,” she says as she comes in from the backyard. “Oh sweet girl,” I answer. “It was a day you will always remember. But guess what? You have so much to look forward to. This is only the beginning. You will always be growing as a Christian and learning more [...]
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