Wisdom And Righteousness

It’s Here! The Orchestra Study Guide & Lapbook! {& Free GIVEAWAY!!!}

  Introducing the Orchestra Study Guide with Lapbook For Use By Community Directors, Tutors, and Parents! Covering the Baroque and Classical Period, with composers Handel, Bach and Mozart! This resource is a week-by-week curriculum guide which spells out what to say, when to say it, and how to tie it all together!  Just open it and go!  Each week the student will make a corresponding lapbook page to … [Read more...]

When He Changes Your Plans….

I put on my boots and packed my favorite notebook just like I told you.  At 1 o'clock in the morning I left home, heading for the airport in Chicago three hours away.  I figured I would come back the same way I came.  I simply forgot. When we step boldly into the unknown for Christ, we can never return the way we left. Halfway across the country, I bounce from one idea to another.  From the eagerness to create, to do something new and exciting, and the reality of my … [Read more...]

When You’re Afraid to Take that Step…

I pack my bags in a house all alone.  The kids are tucked safely in at Grandma's and the Farmer is busy plowing tall corn stalks right down to the ground, stripping them bare of that golden kernel. I am not exactly sure why I am going - or why I feel Him leading me this way.  A rural farm girl flying alone to Pennsylvania.  I wonder tonight if this is more about the journey than the destination.   I was more brave when I wrote in obscurity.  When I struck out … [Read more...]

Sneak Peek…The Orchestra Book!

The Orchestra Book is officially written and off to the editor! Designed to be used in a community setting or at home, the Orchestra Book includes a complete study guide for instruction, as well as lapbook components that record what the student is learning!  My favorite piece has to be the Music Timeline with pop-up composers and major people and events during that time!   I thought I would give you a sneak peek in pictures....Enjoy!   … [Read more...]

When You Just Want to Be a Good Mom…

          It struck me today How good readers first must read How good runners first must run How good cooks first must cook How good Momma's first must be Momma's   When I wonder if I will ever get this right And the earth circles the sun  And I still rush the kids when we should go slow and silence them when I should listen And I don't yell by raising my voice, but the tone is just so harsh, so … [Read more...]

Digging into the Word

    Yesterday I mentioned this great online women's Bible Study group - Good Morning Girls - free and fun!  What a joy it has been to join with other women in making daily time in the Word a priority, and encouraging and uplifting one another!   Yesterday I linked up the song to memorize Colossians 1:1-14 (this week's verses), and today I would like to share the song to help you memorize Colossians 1:15-23 (next … [Read more...]

When You Just Need others on The Same Journey….{plus:free scripture memory song}

A number of weeks ago I was delighted to find the Good Morning Girls website - where a group of women gather to encourage one another to dig into the Word daily.  A new series just started on Monday and I am so excited to join in!  It's not too late!  You can jump in on the fun and accountability!  Or better yet, start your own small group to follow along as well! Anyway, I have learned through our grammar-stage classical school studies that even this old brain can … [Read more...]

I don’t mean to get all “bloggy” on you, but….

  I have a new Blog Button! I know, this is sooooo exciting for you that I can actually hear you shouting it from the rooftops (while sipping your morning coffee and praying - mostly that the kids don't wake up for another hour - but praying nonetheless)........   "SHE HAS A BLOG BUTTON!!!"   Of course the rest of you who didn't shout out words of anticipation and excitement are still wondering what the heck a blog button … [Read more...]

Our Daily Schedule {with free download!}

If I can be totally honest, I've struggled at times with feeling like I am not accomplishing that which is most important. Don't get me wrong, we are busy all day, and our days are full of good and necessary things, but don't you ever have the feeling that when the end of the day comes you never really got anything done?  I think part of that is just motherhood.  I mean, is the laundry or the dishes really ever done?   But some of that has to do with the way our … [Read more...]

When good things get in the way….

The red of the tomato stands boldly against the green vines and the still-green flesh of the tomatoes surrounding it.  My seven-year-old is lured by the red luster and motions for me to help her tug it from the vine.  I tell her we have to let it be. "But it is ready, isn't it?  It looks ripe."  I nod and respond, "it is ripe, but do you see what's around it?"  She looks back at the plant, and laughs how the tomato is all caged in by the … [Read more...]