Bless this Tribe

Tomorrow I get closure as I finally get to say goodbye for now to my mom. My loss is Heaven's gain.  “A mother’s arms are more comforting than anyone else’s. “ – Princess Diana The thing I miss about my mom the most was how affectionate she was. Whenever she was near, she somehow always found a way to be touching me in the most loving way, whether that was holding my hand, rubbing my back, or embracing me. I’ll never forget all of the times she used to call me in the bed as a child to cuddle with her, just like she said she used to do with her dad. Another thing I miss is her humor. It both made people laugh hysterically and got her in trouble on many occasions. She just said whatever was on her mind! Somehow all of the best memories I ever had with my mom revolved around music. The Lord gave her a talent and passion that brought people to tears at the presence of her angelic voice and beautiful smile. I have to admit that I didn’t quite appreciate it the way I do n

Hey guys! This is going to be a combination review of our old curriculum and new curriculum plans all in one. So, it might be lengthy. But I’m just going to dive right in. Being that the last school year was my first year homeschooling, I chose a box set curriculum called Bookshark which is the secular version of Sonlight . This literature based curriculum comes in grade level packages with the school year planned out for you, which is why it’s so appealing. Looking back now, there were a lot of the pieces of curriculum that I liked. But the curriculum didn’t work for us overall, and a lot of it was my fault. Bookshark clearly states to not let the curriculum rule over you, but to use the curriculum for your benefit. I was so worried about academics that I lost my voice in the first week doing read-alouds. It was way too much work for us! It became evident that this curriculum was not working for us the moment I noticed my boys were not thriving. We were spending way too much ti