Are you ready? It’s back to school time! I’m a big fan of new school years beginning! I love fresh starts and new plans! But this is also a stressful time with a roller coaster of emotions and so. much. to. do! Every year I seem to get my planning done later and later, which […]

We all know that homeschoolers are home a lot of the time, right? And being at home makes it harder to meet people. Being a homeschooler, even if you’re not at home a lot, our educational choice does separate us from the rest of the world. We don’t have jobs where we have colleagues. Our […]

The couple in cutoffs with the boy on an ipad… The lone elderly woman staring adoringly at the altar… The group of unkempt young adults kneeling with pleading faces… The family with three girls in chapel veils, an enviable vision of tidy and tame… The mom whose baby is wailing while she struggles to keep […]

Scripture teaches that community is essential to the Christian life. “Let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another…” Hebrews 10: 24-25 This is why I am passionate about connecting Catholic homeschooling mothers both online […]

Confession time. I truly disliked more than half of this book the first time I read it. Sorry, Sarah! Over time, however, my mother’s heart was truly transformed by its spiritual and practical wisdom. And I now believe it should be required reading for every homeschooling mom. When Teaching from Rest: A Homeschooler’s Guide to […]

It’s the time of year for senioritis when everybody wants to be free and outside in the sunshine and not sitting and doing schoolwork. Moms get it. Kids get it. Not just high school! The great thing about homeschooling is that you don’t have to sit inside all day and just do work if you […]