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9-11 A Day Not Forgotten

Monday, 11 September 2017 by TOSBlog

The day was a Tuesday. My husband, 3 sons (ages 12,6, & 1 1/2 ), and I had spent the previous night with a cousin in Maryland to take a homeschooling field trip to the nation’s capital, Washington DC. We live about 4 hours away from DC, so her house was a little closer. I

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Finishing the Race

Friday, 08 September 2017 by TOSBlog

In April 1999, I ran the London Marathon. My version of “run” was a great deal different than that of the winner of the race. The winner completed the marathon in a mind-numbing two hours and some odd minutes. Me? I finished several long, hard hours later. The goal of every runner was different;

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Casting Down Generational Walls

Thursday, 07 September 2017 by TOSBlog

Why Your Kids Should Spend More Time With Older People

In the past few months, I have heard a troubling viewpoint. While it takes many forms, the gist of it goes like this, “It is all important that a child or young person be surrounded by others of their age.” Most of the time these comments fall from well-intentioned lips, but as a young

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5 Things I Wish People Knew about Homeschoolers

Wednesday, 06 September 2017 by TOSBlog

Eventually, we all meet people who ask us “No school today?” Inevitably on Mondays when we are at the grocery store in the middle of the day or on a Friday when we go on a fun field trip. They are wondering why our kids are out and about on a “school” day when