I don’t know if it’s a Mom-Thing, or a crisis of faith, or both, but somewhere along the way I got the idea I should be able to sort out my own problems, meet my own goals, and provide all my own needs without any help – divine or otherwise. Sound familiar? Finish Reading At […]
Read More Is Prayer For Me?This is less a blog post than a list I’m keeping for my own information. But it may be useful as encouragement for those of you who either want to homeschool and think it will be too expensive, or are homeschooling and wondering where all the money is going. It doesn’t have to cost an […]
Read More Homeschool expenses 2017/2018Can you believe it’s already July? I can. I’m about done with Summer to be honest. We finished our 16/17 school year way back in May, and the lack of structure is starting to get to me. Thank goodness I plan to start us back to school August 1. I originally intended to do a […]
Read More How I Plan For A Year Of HomeschoolHomeschooling isn’t really a new sensational thing anymore. It’s almost mainstream. Everyone knows someone who homeschools. Look, you don’t need me to tell you about all the wonderful benefits of individualized education, more family time, or marching to your own drum. You need me to tell you what can go wrong. What?!! That’s right. It’s […]
Read More The Dark Side of Homeschooling: 3 Things Nobody Is Talking AboutThanks for coming back for more Mother Culture! Let’s dig right in, and take a closer look at the words Mother and Culture. Click below to find out what Merriam-Webster says: Definition of Mother (alert… one definition is decidedly naughty…I don’t know why they included it) Definition of Culture Did you make it through all that? […]
Read More Mother Culture Monday #2This is going to start out like a political post, but if you’ll bear with me I think I can bring it around, to NOT a political post. And since it’s rather a rant, it won’t be my best writing. I pay the hosting, I can lay an egg now and then if I want […]
Read More Who’s in charge here?I never knew my great grandmother. But looking through her commonplace book, I know I would have admired her. And she probably would have been puzzled by, but tolerant of my my wide-eyed enthusiasm for doing things the hard way. I can almost hear her saying ,”For pity’s sake, just use your microwave”! What is […]
Read More My Great-Grandmother’s Commonplace Book
I see a lot of folks asking what they should tell their children. Regardless of who you voted for an whether or not you felt you “won”, I believe you should tell your children this: Tell them that you love them. Tell them that we can only control our own behavior. Tell them that we […]
Read More What Am I Going To Tell My Children?
Have you ever noticed how exhausting a week off is? Needed a vacation to recover from your vacation? I know I have. We have this week off of school, and I tell you I’m beat! It’s from all the fun activities and extra projects, right? NOPE. Haven’t done a single honey-do, catch up or special […]
Read More Why You Need a Routine
Lately I’ve been noticing a trend in parenting. We’re convinced that our children aren’t getting enough “sensory play”, so we manufacture opportunities to feel a new texture, hear a new sound or absorb a new odor–yeah, I said absorb a new odor. You know you’ve made the essential oil play dough. Me too. With Sparkles. […]
Read More The Ultimate Sensory Toybox