I almost always need to Adapt to some unforeseen circumstances and Adjust my plans! This is an important part of my homeschooling philosophy — to embrace the necessity for adaptation. After I have prayerfully formed my plan for the day by selecting certain experiences/activities, I often need to be [...]
Experience is the stuff all our days are made of — all the moments with and without shoes that decorate the fabric of time. Likewise, the E. in my P.E.A.R.L.S. homeschooling philosophy is really EVERYTHING that makes up our lives and provides the raw material for us to be [...]
“Isn't it splendid to think of all the things there are to find out about? It just makes me feel glad to be alive–it's such an interesting world. It wouldn't be half so interesting if we knew all about everything, would it? There'd be no scope for imagination then, [...]
The end of a homeschooling academic year gives us a wonderful opportunity to zoom out — to look at the big picture of growth and accomplishments and celebrate the good that we have done. Sometimes, though, it is too easy to focus on what hasn’t been done — the [...]
What does it mean to be made in the image of God? In reflecting on this idea, I have always connected the idea of having a soul as being made in His Image. But something Father Francis said today in his homily made me think about this in a [...]
Saint Francis de Sales Introduction to the Devout Life . . .[F]or that Love, while shining on the soul we call grace, which makes us acceptable to His Divine Majesty; when it strengthens us to do well, it is called Charity; but when it attains its fullest perfection, in [...]
“And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity. “ I Corinthians 13:13 “As the queen bee never goes out into the fields without being surrounded by all her little subjects, so charity, the queen of virtues, never enters the heart without bringing [...]
Saint Pope John Paul II Familiaris Consortis [H]istory is not simply a fixed progression towards what is better, but rather an event of freedom, and even a struggle between freedoms that are in mutual conflict, that is, according to the well-known expression of St. Augustine, a conflict between two [...]
“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” (Genesis 1:1) That is how it all began and that is how we all began. Each one of us as a unique creation of God! Psalm 139 says this so beautifully: “For you formed my inward parts, you knitted me together in [...]
“I just wanted to tell you that you guys are one of the only families who haven't used electronic media the whole time you were here. You look like you really enjoy each other!” The compliment came from a waitress at Pasqual’s, a popular restaurant in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where we [...]