Just a thought

There came a time when the risk to remain tight in the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.
Anais Nin

Quote on Family

"A sentence from Psalm 101 has been both challenging and convicting for me: 'I will walk in my house with blameless heart' (Psalm 101-2, NIV). When God speaks to me about being more loving, this verse reminds me to make application in my family first—and then to others. It forces me to ask, 'Am I more spiritual, more loving, or more fun somewhere else? Who gets my best—my family or others?'"

-- Jean Fleming, A Mother’s Heart

Thunder

Sometime last year, I found a book of poetry at Goodwill that immediately called out to me. I love poetry, but don't often read it (or write it) anymore. This book, though, was by Maggie Aldridge Smith who spent her life in Oklahoma and Arkansas. She was born in 1913 and there are many pictures of Oklahoma and Arkansas throughout the book, as well as many of her family photos.  The back had Psalm 16:11 quoted and I immediately loved the book.

I haven't read the whole thing yet....

I am savoring it.

I don't want it to end.

I wanted to share the poem I read today:

Arkansas Pleasure -

Thunder

When Thunder happens

I feel this is God's pleasure, 

To let me know

He is still in full control. 

Though I cave in fear

And trembling, feel the earth move!

This is God's assurance

He is always, ever near.

So Lord, I pray

You will let me be

Likes James and John

Sons of Zebedee,

LOUD AS THUNDER

Of your love for me!

by Maggie Aldridge Smith

Check out this piece on socialization

I just read THIS about socialization. (warning: there is adult language). I am shocked and mortified by the story she told, but I think she is right on about how I feel about my kids being "socialized."

Homeschooling Quote

"I homeschool because I've seen the village...and I don't want it raising my kids."

Funny song about Homeschooling

Check out this funny video!

Quote

“If you have not chosen the Kingdom of God, it will make in the end no difference what you have chosen instead.” ~Thomas More

"The need for mothers of the twenty-first century is not just a return to home, but more importantly a return to God. By this I do not mean mere Sabbath Day worship and a daily perusing of sacred writ; for it is much deeper than that. I am talking about a return to a personal relationship with Deity! It is a return to home in order to focus on Him and to lead our children to Him. For those who have learned to put their lives in His hands can work miracles, or should I say, can have the power to take on the challenges that are laid before them."

Our Home, Motherhood in the 21st Century
By Laura L. Bledsoe