National Jelly Bean Day is always celebrated on April 22nd. Jelly beans have been around since at least the Civil War! In the 1860’s, candy-makers advertised that family members should send gifts of jelly beans to their soldiers. And what a great gift to send – unlike chocolate, jelly beans do not melt in
Many librarians love homeschoolers. After all, we are often their best patrons. We know what we want and how to find it. Our children are (generally) well-behaved. But in addition to being good patrons of the library, there are other ways that we as homeschoolers can help our libraries. We can: Volunteer on a
You often hear of grace: grace from God, giving grace, receiving grace, saying grace, but what does that really mean? Is it something you can rely upon? Those days when you feel less than whole and at your worst, do you really deserve grace? Maybe you’ve yelled at your children again? Maybe you feel
Take a deep breath… Now slowly exhale. Ready or not, homeschooling mother, it… is… APRIL… For many of us who are homeschooling, April is truly our make or break month. You can, with one quick glance at your homeschool bookcase, determine exactly which subjects are on the verge of completion for the year…and which
For generations, our ancestral farmhouse collected generational stuff, until little paths wound through it. My grandma dropped by shortly after my husband and I moved in. I was mortified, but all she reported to my mother was how nice the brown cloth looked on our table, the one spot I’d managed to carve from