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My Sunday Sanctuary: Faces

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My beloved grandmother Honey has been dying for months now. In February, they said she had maybe two months left. Several weeks ago, we were told it would be a week, maybe two, until she died. She is still here, still suffering, still stubbornly clinging to life. She can barely hold up her head, but [...]

Friday Fill-Ins

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1. I’m going to Crazyland on the short bus. Want to come along? 2. I prefer to express my adventure and daring in more intangible, esoteric ways. I’ll chase after a writing goal, or dare to pursue a project that others doubt I can accomplish. But you’ll never see me bungee jumping or skydiving. E-VER. [...]

Firecracker

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We got a glimpse of Jonah’s budding personality last night. Let me preface this by telling you that Jonah loves his food. I mean, this baby loves to eat. He’s ten months old and eating way more table food than my other two did at this age. He eats his baby food and wants whatever [...]

Beach on the Brain

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Eli was working on memorizing his Bible verse for VBS tonight. “And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.” (Pause) “First Caribbeans, 13:13!”

I’ve written about some of my favorite things about homeschooling before. But as I’m watching my friends gearing up to send their kids back to school (which starts July 29th), I just have to compose a top-ten list of things to LOVE about homeschooling at this time of year! 10. We don’t have to start [...]

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Kari Apted is a writer and speaker residing in Georgia with her husband, three sons, two cats, two fish and one dog. She writes a humorous weekly parenting column for The Covington News and freelances for various publications.more»