"Mom, can I wear this dress to church?" "No, Mary, it's too big for you!"
"NOOO, can I wear it when it grows into me?"
Sure Mary, because I'd rather IT grow into you rather than you grow into IT. I like the idea of you staying little.
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We are blessed with 12 children. Our two eldest have been blessed with 5 children so far and each has a wonderful spouse. We have enjoyed 23 years of homeschooling and look forward to many more. We view children as a gift from the Lord and our privilege, duty, joy and honor to teach them His gospel.
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For some reason Kenzie has been interested in learning about the Constitution of the Untied States. She found a book on the shelf by Applewood Books on the Constitution and asked if she could read it. Sure, go ahead!! Never mind that it is far above her grade level. So she reads the first 3 paragraphs and looks at me and says: "I think Obama should read this book!! Then as she walked off I heard her say: "course he probably doesn't even know about it! (meaning the constitution)"
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Be desirous of doing the will of another, rather than thy own. Choose always to have less, rather than more. Seek always the lowest place, and be inferior to everyone. Wish always, and pray, that the will of God may be wholly fulfilled in thee.
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Commonplacing is the practice of entering literary excerpts and personal comments into a private journal. These are key in our homeschool and I am amazed at how much the children learn from using this method. To learn more click the picture.
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Ever find it disturbing when the life you have chosen begins to carry a very close resemblance to that of a well known nursery rhyme?
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Girl's Everywhere~Only you can restore virtue; only you can cast out corruption; only you can drive the fiends of intemperance, of fraud, of oppression, of despair, of craftiness, of selfishness, from the land!
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7 comments:
I wish we could freeze time sometimes. Or at times, I wish to go back in time. I long to bloom right here in this season; not looking back too fondly, and not looking ahead too fretfully.
Longing to bloom, and thrive in each day God gives, taking in every sweet moment like this one you've shared. I suppose the key is to keep my eyes on Jesus. I need to get busy doing that.
Thanks for your lovely reminders and your kind friendship. Have a great Lord's day.
Dear Tricia,
Welcome Back!
Hope all is well.
Blessings~
~Lori
Yes, that sounds like a good idea!! Just the clothing changes size, not the child lol!
I used to say to my children, when they would outgrow their clothes, and were growing so fast, "Mummy must be feeding you too much!" This always caused a proud giggle from them lol.
Sweeet♥
Good to see you today. How is little Vance doing?
How wonderful God is to have our children unknowingly speak those words that remind us to savor these precious times with them. Your daughter is lovely!
That's adorable! Definitely one for the scrapbooks.
That's cute :)
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