by Robin W. Pearson | Nov 9, 2015 | Encouragement, Holidays, Meal planning and recipes, Robin
My little people start talking turkey around October 1. Right about the time we begin earning points at the market to earn our free bird, they’re anticipating plates of ham, sweet potato casserole, macaroni and cheese, turkey and dressing, greens, cranberry...
by Robin W. Pearson | Jul 13, 2015 | Blog, Encouragement, Homeschooling High School, Robin
“You have turned for me my mourning into dancing;/You have put off my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness,…” (Psalm 30:11) It wasn’t the heat I was trying to beat this summer; it was tears I worked to fight back. And I’m afraid I lost that battle before the...
by Robin W. Pearson | Mar 16, 2015 | Blog, Encouragement, Homeschool Organizing & Planning, Robin, Spring
I’m thinking March might be a good time for me to “go green,” to reduce, reuse, and recycle. Now, I’m talking about something more fulfilling than turning a plastic cup into a leprechaun craft, something any homeschooling mom can do in her sleep. It’s more...
by Robin W. Pearson | Dec 10, 2014 | Blog, Encouragement, Fall, Holidays, Robin
Real homeschool moms cut back their plants at summer’s end so they’ll come back next spring; they never kill their poinsettias. They can seasonal fruits so they can whip up a fresh cobbler in a (cold) snap. They lead the maple sugaring field trip in the dead of...
by Robin W. Pearson | Nov 19, 2014 | Blog, Encouragement, Fall, Holidays, Motherhood & Parenting, Robin, Winter
When my little people visited their grandparents I used to send my doppelganger along in my place. She looked like me, although my mom thought she was a few pounds heavier. She smelled a lot like me and wore the same color lipstick. She knew all the words to the...
