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I Lost My Voice
I don’t parent from fear now. And I don’t anymore. But I did. And I see similar actions from young parents- tactics used to control, cajole, manipulate or micro manage their children. I see some parents who are so scared of letting their children make mistakes.
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Homeschool Phony
I am a homeschool phony. At least that is how I felt when my child asked to go to school.
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Unschooling or School At Home. So which is it?
If you’ve read my blog over the years or my forum posts you may be excused for wondering...
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Daily Quiet Times
I don’t want to play the game of religion. I don’t even want to play the game of Christianity. I want to know God and I want to walk with Him. There was a time when I felt secure in my life because of certain ‘religious’ activities, but God has been pruning these things out of my life, showing me how unimportant they really are to relational living. This post about my devotions and quiet times.
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Parenting Pain
I feel intense pain in this step of my parenting journey… for one of my children has disconnected well before they are ready. The child is bruised and hurting, therefore I am too.
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Emotionally Absent
The lights are on but nobody’s home. I was physically present but emotionally absent from my home and the lives of those most precious to me.
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Freedom versus Bondage
There are things that I struggle with in my life. Some things I have even had to set boundaries for. These boundaries give me the opportunity for accountability…they help me to be strong in areas that I am weak. Rules, boundaries, safe-guards, guidelines, do’s, do not’s…call them what you will but they are boundaries
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Helping the Weak: The Lesson in 1 Thessalonians
And we urge you, brothers, admonish the idle, (Or ‘disorderly’, or...
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Fearless Parenting
I’m not scared anymore. And it’s beautiful. Freeing. Relaxed. And joyful.Too often I tried to influence my little ones. Tried to control them. I micro-managed them. The lessons God has revealed to me have been the only thing that keep me going at times. It is not hopeless, but it isn’t just about homeschooling- it is so much bigger than that. God wants to reach you, to teach you, to blow your mind with Himself. But sometimes, like with me, He has to get some stuff out of the way so that we will listen. To parent out of freedom and grace is refreshing. It’s totally liberating!
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It’s Not All Up To Me
It’s not possible nor reasonable to train or teach every child every thing they need to learn. I don’t need to do it all. Just as God is perfecting in me His work, so He is with the children. I am not perfecting them – He is. God has begun a good work in me and He will continue it until the Day of Christ.
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Natural Consequences Teach Valuable Life Skills
As I posted a few entries ago, I’ve been spending time with friends and extended family and...
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Living By Grace…Or By the Law
Living with others, by grace, is not always an easy thing, is it? Oh, it’s easy when one is...
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