Training Babies
How do you raise hardworking, cheerful children who look for ways to serve those around them? It’s easy when you start on day one. The day they are born, training begins.
Shoshanna’s Testimony
I sat in church one morning listening to my dad preach. I had been “saved” a few years before. I remembered the time I had cried and asked God into my heart. I hung onto that moment when I cried … Read more
Learning God Cares About Little Things
I remember the first time I asked for details in a prayer and God knocked me off my feet in surprise. He cared even about the little things
Why I Don’t Have Fat Kids
As a kid I was trained to eat to live, not live to eat. I was taught that food makes your body healthy or unhealthy, lean or fat, that overeating was gluttony and gross.
How Do You Keep Marriage Alive?
Last week someone asked me, “How do you keep a marriage alive?” Here is my answer.
Waddle Like a Penguin
I would walk behind the seed dropper and waddle like a penguin. My little feet pushed the soil over the seeds and lightly packed it. The feeling of success and accomplishment was overflowing.
Prudent but not a Prude
My parents were artists, and in between shows they conducted a ministry with men and women in the military—Sailors and Marines—in Millington, TN. I was three years old when the Navy started closing down the base school, and my parents … Read more
Becoming His Kind of Woman
My Dad was not the type of guy to check with you before he made a decision. We would be driving down the road when all of a sudden he would pull in to a restaurant and say, “Let’s eat!” as he was getting out of the car…
Life Homeschooling
Growing up, homeschooling was our way of life. It was part of every job, every fishing trip, and everything we did as a family. Most of the time we did not realize that we were learning.
Healthy Kids Homeschooling
One thing that really stuck with me as a kid was what I learned about good health. Dad was always into gardening organic vegetables, and Mom was always teaching me about herbs. Today I still live and love those subjects.
Homeschooling Balance: Part 2 with the Pearl ladies from the Big Texas Shindig
Do you know how toothpicks are made? Teach your children how to think.
Learn to Choose Wisely
My goal is to train my children to perceive the value of wise choices.
Homeschooling Balance with the Pearl ladies from the Big Texas Shindig
How do you balance homeschooling with the three million other things that you have to do? These ladies have a treasure trove of knowledge.
Feed the Children
People ask me how I get my kids to eat veggies. Well, mostly they eat them because that is what I feed them!
