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My Biggest Fear {31 Days of #Homeschooling on the Spectrum}

10.20.2014 by Dawn // 2 Comments

My Biggest Fear {31 Days of #Homeschooling on the Spectrum}

Go. I’d be a liar if I said I wasn’t afraid for the future. His future. The other day I talked about the childhood years and how long we have with our kids. It simply isn’t long enough to assuage the waves of worries that can plague my husband and I if we start thinking […]

Categories // 31 Days of Homeschooling on the Spectrum, Autism, Parenting, Special Needs Kids Tags // Faith, fear, specialneeds

Raising Cain, er, Raising Teens

08.22.2013 by Dawn // Leave a Comment

Several months back, I launched a group blog for Christian parents with tough teens. It’s a small niche. Very small. Either Christians aren’t talking about it, homeschoolers aren’t talking about it, or it’s truly a smaller problem than we first thought. I believe the former two. As Christians, God sees us for who we are, […]

Categories // Parenting Tags // Faith, parenting teens, tough love

Noise, Noise, Noise

07.12.2011 by Dawn // 11 Comments

You can call it ADHD, stress, brain chatter, or distraction. No matter what you call it, it's just NOISE that clutters the mind and keeps you from being a productive homeschool mom!

There are many types of noise. In our house, we have typical noise, just as I’m sure your house has it’s typical noise too.  We have things like boy noise, dishwashers, hair dryers, yapping Pomeranians, kids playing, music, and XBox games. Another kind of noise that I seem to encounter is the noise that leads […]

Categories // Life Tags // ADHD, brain chatter, distraction, Faith, homeschool moms, special needs

Christian Crack

03.07.2011 by Dawn // 6 Comments

It goes by many names:  Coffee, tea, soda, latte, iced tea, energy drink, pop, and mocha, among others. What do they all have in common?  Caffeine.  Otherwise known (jokingly) as ‘Christian Crack’, caffeine, it seems, is what makes the world go round.  Or at least it helps make the Church go round.  I hadn’t really […]

Categories // Life Tags // caffeine, coffee, Faith, fasting, tea

Get Real and BE Real

03.30.2010 by Dawn // 2 Comments

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.

Categories // Homeschooling Tags // Body of Christ, Faith, homeschool conference

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Dawn is a retired homeschooling Momma of 19 years, hospital CNA with a totally self-taught geeky side. She lives in Eastern WA with her husband, the youngest 2 of their 6 kids and 2 yappy pomeranians.

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