Tag: home education

• How to Homeschool

  

  I have received quite a few requests lately, asking how to homeschool. The reason for the sudden interest, is of course the pandemic we are living in, and some tough decisions parents and schools are trying to make about school in the fall. So I thought why not do some writing on the topic, as…

  Melissa

  July 23, 2020

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• Life Lessons and Fake Cheese

  

  Today I experienced something that brought to life and invigorated my senses. I tasted fine cuisine, smelled the country air, and stood in awe of creatures only seen up close by a few. Yes – I went to a country fair. The Sandwich Fair…nope – it isn’t a fair where you can taste the world’s…

  Melissa

  September 5, 2019

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  blogging, childhood, childhood memories, children, country fair, county fair, encouragement, field trip, home education, homeschool, homeschooling, inspiration, love, middle age, mommies, mommy, motherhood, raising children, raising teenagers, raising teens, sandwich Illinois, school, sentimental, single dad, single mom, single parenting, stay at home mom, working mom

• Fall Down. Get Up. Repeat.

  

  Is there anyone out there whose life is going as planned? Is this some kind of joke? Maybe it is just me – but so far every plan I have had gets hijacked….sometimes for the better – sometimes not. I have learned to accept it. This is it. This is life. Fall down. Get up.…

  Melissa

  August 28, 2019

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  blogging, changes, christian, encouragement, home education, homeschooling, inspiration, ivan albright, life decisions, middle age, midlife, plans, raise, raising children, single dad, single mom, single parenting, working mother

• Peace, Love, and Midlife

  

  Please tell me who I am supposed to be when I grow up, because I can’t seem to figure it out. I have always been “different.” I have never run with the crowd. I swim upstream. March to the beat of a different drum…What other cliche phrases can I use to describe myself? It used…

  Melissa

  August 23, 2019

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• Frozen Pizza, Horror Movies, & Other Imperfections

  

    I’m pretty sure the last time I wrote in a journal I didn’t need reading glasses to see my writing. As I sit by the fire in quiet solitude, sipping wine, writing in my “Follow Your Dreams” journal, the Jason Mraz iHeart station playing for inspiration…..my angelic children are in the basement watching “Jaws…

  Melissa

  April 11, 2017

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  changes, children, divorce, feelings, home education, homeschooling, inspiration, motherhood, parenthood, parenting, thoughts, women