How We Are Preparing Our Homeschooled Kids for College
As we near the end of our first 13 years of homeschooling, we get ready to launch one child into college. Here’s what we’ve done to prepare.
Parenting and Family
9 Quick & Easy Ways to Make Your Week Better
Don’t let the new week bowl you over. Spend a little time on Sunday afternoon or evening to gear up and make your week better. Sunday is a big deal. Because, as you know, Monday follows it. And then the rest of the week. The tone you set on Sunday night and Monday morning can carry…
10 Great Book Series for Kids – Perfect for Read Alouds
Want to get reading with your kids? Here are ten books series for kids that have been FishFam-tested. They make great Christmas gifts! Since I am a bookworm, it has always been really important to me that our kids love to read. FishPapa loves to read, so it sounded like an easy thing to swing….
5 Things that Have Saved Me as a Mom of Many
Mothering many children has been the most challenging yet most rewarding adventure of my life. Here are 5 things that have saved my bacon these past twenty years as a mom of many. This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of PG. The opinions and text are all mine. When I had…
Why Today is Special: How God Redeemed My Miscarriage Year
Forgive me if you’ve heard this story before. But, today is a special day in my family. Not only is it FishBoy20’s birthday, but it also marks a good, but painful journey that God took us down so many years ago in teaching us about Himself, His Sovereignty, and His Great Love for us. This…
Our Homeschool Curriculum for grades 12, 10, 8, 6, & 4
There is a veritable cornucopia of homeschool curriculum available, so much more than when I started this journey 16 years ago. Here’s what we’re using this year. Can you believe that this is my 16th year of homeschooling? I’ve only got 9 more to go! It’s practically the home stretch. 😉 Seriously, this has been…
We Win or We Learn, That’s How We Play the Game
Life is full of mistakes to be made, but that doesn’t mean we lose. In our family, we win or we learn. That’s how we play the game. I wish that I could bottle up all the things I’ve learned in the last 45 years and hop into a time machine. I’d transport myself back…
Getting Ready for the Week Ahead
Planning for the week ahead, rather than letting it happen to you, can help you make the most of all the great things in your life. I don’t know about you, but my brain works in weeklong timeframes. Those are the chunks of time that my mind operates in. On Sunday I feel like I…