Homeschooling

How Surgery Prepared Me (and Didn’t) for Homeschooling

In many ways, my career ill-equipped me for homeschooling. Surgery is all about protocol. In an…
Not Mine, but His

I’m struggling. I hesitate to even use the word, as blessings surround me. A friend visited…
Antimony in the Sandbox, Stars on the Ceiling

“I’m making antimony in the sandbox.” “What?” “I’m making antimony. It’s is a nitrogen element. A…
Homeschooling: First Year in Review

When I began this journey last summer, I stumbled forward with excitement, energy, and absolute terror.…
Chasing Sparks

“Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.” — William…
A Master Teacher

When a ragged edge of the Atlantic careened over the prow and swallowed my knees, my…