Should I Stay or Should I Go

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“We were wondering if you would be interested in running the snack bar and coffee for the conference, since you have experience running the café at your church,” she said. 

It sounded innocent enough. I know better.  She was assigned to call me, to give me something to do at the conference

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Get Real and BE Real

Teens are famous for conforming to a clique or style of fashion to “be different!” (from Mom & Dad), when they are actually blending right in with all the other kids they hang out with. They successfully keep from being different, thereby actually hiding who they really are. I see it all the time in our youth group.

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A Live Apology

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My apology to Todd Wilson and Lorrie Flem.

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INWHSC Lies Homeschooling Moms Believe

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This session with Todd Wilson was SO GOOD. He really made me see that I have been believing some of these lies. I have done my part to help sabotage my own homeschool. What an eye opener! And he’s funny too, which I love. It makes the sour grapes go down a lot easier, lemme tell ya.

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Experiencing Unexpected Rewards of Homeschooling

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Lorrie Flem is a highly engaging speaker. She brought up so many great points that I couldn’t even try to write them all here. My notes didn’t come out as a clear outline of her talk, because my thoughts intruded on my note taking. Ever have that happen? =)

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