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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Brain pain

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I’m having a hard time tonight dealing with my obsessive thoughts about illness.  My daughter and I are coming off a nasty cold bug that once again left me without a voice — but thankfully, not for as long of a time as the last go-around. However, flu is peaking in my area.  This particular flu seems to cause stomach upset in addition to the usual suspects — high fever, sore throat, body aches, cough.  And, as my daughter pointed out in a discussion earlier today, stomach upset is the bane of my existence. As freaky as it is to … Continue reading Brain pain

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Opining: Less is More

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I’m going to weigh in here on the debate raging in the halls of the Texas legislature regarding class size in the lower elementary grades of public school: the whole system is flawed and needs to be scrapped. How much money do school districts really need to effectively educate their students?  Does money spent equal educated minds?  Based on the drop out rates and test scores, I think not.  Public schools would do well to take a page from the homeschooling handbook and learn that less is, in fact, more. Jesus taught with a stick in the sand.  I can … Continue reading Opining: Less is More

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God’s contingency plans

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This past week, I’ve been preoccupied with mortality and fragility. One of my close friends, Holly, has a friend my age who recently suffered a severe stroke.  Joanne is the writer of The Simple Wife blog and the author of several books.  Like me, she homeschooled her children.  I feel a certain affinity with her because I, too, am the mother of a twelve year old girl.  The fact that her daughter is the one who found her after her stroke still gets to me, down deep in a swirling nebula that is my heart. Now her homeschooled daughters are … Continue reading God’s contingency plans

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Through the haze

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Homeschooling my child has to be one of the most difficult tasks I’ve ever done.  Most of the time this is because I am my own worst enemy. My counselor told me the other day that he thinks I must have a lot of negative self-talk going on inside my head.  I think he was right.  If a loudspeaker was attached to my brain that broadcast my thoughts, people would likely hear nothing but “all bad, all the time.”  This applies to all aspects of my life. Yet the Bible tells me to take captive every thought in obedience to … Continue reading Through the haze

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Elusive contentment

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It’s a bit difficult to write on my laptop when there is a small dog sitting in my lap.  I hesitate to move her, though, because she is keeping me warm!  This cold weather is not my friend. We did our homeschooling reading today while snuggling under a blanket on the couch.  Outside the pool waterfall is on, triggered by the freezing temperatures to keep running so those pipes don’t freeze.  It looks incongruous and out of place with the snow-covered palm tree standing silently beside it. On the math front, we’re still working our way through the tests to … Continue reading Elusive contentment