If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster and treat those two imposters just the same….” (excerpt from “If” by Rudyard Kipling) Three girls, one room. Though it can be challenging for Ray and Willa at night when Gemma struggles endlessly to settle down, they have worked out their own cozy corners. When I saw […]
Homeschooling has had its fair share of challenges over the years, there’s no doubt about it. But as we end 2020 and look at starting a brand new school year on Monday with ALL THREE girls (how… I don’t know), I can’t help but feel that we’ve been inordinately blessed by it all. We were […]
Last year we started learning about traditions around the world as anchors in our December month honing all focus towards Christmas Day. The girls particularly loved learning about why so many little girls wear white dresses and put candles on their heads on December 13th! We now know the ins and outs and even some […]
We started a new tradition this year!! On Monday and Wednesday nights we’re pretending the weather is ferociously cold, getting a small treat, and listening to Tim Curry read “A Christmas Carol” in his signature ominous tones. It’s a delight. The girls were giggling uncontrollably over Scrooge dismissing his nephew by repeatedly saying “good afternoon” […]
As I touched on in the last post, Willa is struggling. The year and its sorrows have caught up with her and she’s weighed down by them daily. Her nights vacillate between the normal conspiratorial giggles and whispers with sisters, and crying herself to sleep over all the things she’s lost. Fortunately her delightful sisters […]
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