I want to have a conversation about the incidence, prevalence and danger of childhood sexual abuse. I want to have this conversation with each other, with our spouses, with our churches, with our friends, and with our children. It is not a fun conversation; it can rile our nerves and put fear in our bellies. But […]
Archives for June 2014
Homeschool Finds
As we are taking off from school the rest of June to enjoy David’s post-deployment block leave, I am binging on homeschool books, blogs, articles, forums and websites. Here are a few treasures I’ve stumbled upon: Quotes: “School should be a place where boys or girls lived together in accordance with the best human tradition […]
Habits of Seeming and Not of Being
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ “…given, on the other hand, a mother who’s final question is, ‘what will people say? what will people think? how will it look?’ and the children grow up with habits of seeming and not of being; they are content to appear well-dressed, well-mannered and well-attentioned to outsiders, with very little effort after beauty, order […]