Author: everfaith

I am a homeschooling mom who enjoys reading, writing, gabbing, photography, desktop publishing, and letting someone else do the cooking. I love my Superman husband, precious daughter, 2 dogs, my neighbor (that means you!) and Jesus.
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Give me liberty…not debt

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So said the sign my daughter and I carried at a Tea Party today.  We joined with at least 500 others in all walks of life protesting the “Big Government” mentality of the current — and past — administration.  There were people my age and younger, some with young children.  There were also a few ladies and gentlemen who walked with the aid of canes and walkers, proudly waving American flags and signs.  Some of my favorites said, Taxpayers are not ATMs. Socialism is fine until you run out of other people’s money. Next time, Read the Bill. TEA: Taxed … Continue reading Give me liberty…not debt

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Education Matters

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Being a homeschooling parent does not preclude my interest in events occurring in the public education system.  The children being indoctrinated in public schools will one day be our future leaders: policemen, teachers, firemen, pilots, soldiers, scientists, physicians, etc.  So it has been with increasing dismay that I have read about my local school district’s attempts to prohibit teachers from giving grades for  homework assignments, even if  those assignments are never turned in eliminate the automatic “zero” grade currently given to those students caught cheating on exams prohibit a teacher from assigning a grade lower than “50” (some districts set … Continue reading Education Matters

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Sunshine, Birds, Bunnies, and Violins

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Today was one of those days when the sun seemed too bright. The bird songs outside my window were irritating, and I felt a strong inclination to drop kick the bunnies into next week when I discovered — again — that they had resumed setting up housekeeping right underneath the strawberry patch. Piano lessons today were sour, not sweet, as I stumbled and fretted over Amazing Grace. I feel guilty that my husband still has a job and we have a house compared to those who don’t, I want to help the poor but don’t know how, and I’m madder … Continue reading Sunshine, Birds, Bunnies, and Violins

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Can’t see the forest today…

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This is a quick, broken-arm update. Today’s x-rays showed that my daughter’s bones are not growing straight.  Apparently, the bones shifted when her swelling went down.  Now new bone is growing in such a way that her arm bone is “bowing.”  Her bone sits at a 10 degree angle, whereas “normal” ones sit nearly straight on the vertical with perhaps a 1 degree tilt. The good news is that the doctors *think* that as she grows, the bone will naturally straighten itself out. The bad news is that there is a chance the bone won’t, and she could end up … Continue reading Can’t see the forest today…

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Note to self: accept a bail-out only if prepared to give up freedom

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Not much time to post on this breezy Monday in almost-April…but this article in today’s Dallas Morning News certainly got my attention. If you’re going to take Uncle Sam’s hand-out, you better be prepared to trade in your freedom to make your own decisions.  Even though, technically, we ARE Uncle Sam, I certainly didn’t have anything to do with firing GM’s CEO.  Did you? If the company had been allowed to fail and enter bankruptcy proceedings (which it may still do despite over 16 billion big ones belonging to the taxpayers), the CEO probably would have been ousted anyway.  It’s … Continue reading Note to self: accept a bail-out only if prepared to give up freedom