31 Days of Real Life: The Lasting Effect of Memory Work

31 Days of Real Life: The Lasting Effect of Memory Work

Do you realize that those crazy rugrats running around your house have an amazing capacity for memorization? Don’t squander it! I wrote about it almost exactly 2 years ago, but the lesson was driven home to me again today by an example from my own childhood. I...
31 Days of Real Life: You are More Than Your Stats

31 Days of Real Life: You are More Than Your Stats

I’d be lying if I said blogging doesn’t make me feel like I’m still in high school sometimes. Not the good parts—being young and healthy and able to eat whatever I want without gaining weight—but the ugly stuff: insecurities, doubts. Documenting...
31 Days of Real Life: You are More Than Your Stats

31 Days of Real Life: The Lord Provides

One day a week I teach five subjects to a class of homeschool sophomores. This is my second year so I’ve done it all before, but sometimes things still slip up on me. On the way to church I realized that we’re studying mold—bread or cheese—under a...
{31 Days of Real Life} The Joy of Surprising a Friend: The Boo Bag

{31 Days of Real Life} The Joy of Surprising a Friend: The Boo Bag

When Collective Bias asked members if they’d be interested in putting together and mailing a “boo bag”—a gift bag full of Mars candies and decorated for the fall season—to another Collective Bias member, Stacie at The Divine Miss Mommy immediately...
31 Days of Real Life: A Living Sacrifice

31 Days of Real Life: A Living Sacrifice

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. ~Romans 12:1 We’ve discussed how life can be difficult, particularly Sundays. Avoid the easy...

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