tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743017356109583462024-03-13T04:56:55.915-04:00Blessed LessonsLizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18385626453578114488noreply@blogger.comBlogger124125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574301735610958346.post-41091808599683678992013-07-28T19:19:00.003-04:002013-07-28T19:19:42.071-04:00<div style="text-align: center;">
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Here are my first efforts.</div>
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<br />Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18385626453578114488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574301735610958346.post-10638919137809543562013-07-16T22:18:00.003-04:002013-07-16T22:18:45.694-04:00Happy Birthday Adah!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Sweet Adah. Even as a baby she was such a sweet and happy soul. She loves deeply, feels deeply, cares deeply. She is gentle, generous, and thoughtful. I love how she ponders aloud about God and heaven. I love how makes up songs and dances for Jesus, even when she thinks no one is watching or listening. I love how she brings little toys to her sister when she is crying or to her brother when he's trouble; trying to find a way to cheer them up. I love how she thinks the best of others even when they don't always deserve it. She is my sweet daughter on loan from a good God. How I love her so! Today she is 5 years old.<br />
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Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18385626453578114488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574301735610958346.post-18542950457425571682013-03-31T21:45:00.000-04:002013-04-10T21:16:04.987-04:00Sweet Joy and PeaceWhat a joyous day, with so much peace, as we gathered with family to celebrate the very heart of our Christian faith, the resurrection of Jesus. I am blessed beyond measure to have been brought by God's grace to a faith in the life, death and life again of Jesus. A line from one of my favorite hymns, <i>Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing</i> perfectly sums up how I see my life as a result God's great love for me:<br />
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Jesus sought me when a stranger,</div>
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Wandering from the fold of God;</div>
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He, to rescue me from danger,</div>
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Interposed His precious blood;</div>
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How His kindness yet pursues me</div>
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Mortal tongue can never tell,</div>
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Clothed in flesh, till death shall loose me</div>
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I cannot proclaim it well.</div>
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He removed the blinders from eyes and revealed to me His great truths. He <i>allowed</i> to me to believe by showing me all that I could never see before.<br />
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And with all sweetness we also celebrated Naomi's second birthday. Words
cannot express what a gift and treasure she is to me, to all of us.
<i>Unbelievable, deep swelling love for this darling girl. </i>Its of course,
bittersweet to see her grow and change: to be talking more and
understanding more and craving more and more independence. I am excited to see who is she becoming but sad that she is growing so fast and is no longer my little baby. To be honest, I have been more than a little weepy<br />
about it. I just want to be able to scoop her up and snuggle her close... forever.<br />
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<br />Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18385626453578114488noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574301735610958346.post-30150883789322591952013-03-26T13:21:00.001-04:002013-03-26T20:08:33.801-04:00A painting in progress and the progress of painting<div style="text-align: center;">
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This painting is inspired by psalm 121: </div>
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This is in progress and there is still much to do before its finished. It is a slow process of learning (again) how to paint. When I was a younger gal without kids and a husband and home to care for, I didn't make art. I was just far too self conscious. Now that the desire to paint is swelling up inside of me so strongly that I can no longer ignore it, I struggle to find the time. Oh, the irony.<br />
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But I am beginning to think that lack of free time is conducive to my creative tendencies! Typically when I first paint or draw something I really dislike it. All I can see are the flaws and my inner critic<br />
picks it apart until there is nothing left but dry bones. I want to walk away from it and never look at it again. Many a time my attempts at art didn't make it past this first stage of creation; I gave up because the created thing looked so foolish and ugly to me.<br />
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These days the inner critic doesn't get a lot of opportunity to destroy my art. I paint for a minute or two or an hour at most, but then life calls: the children, dinner, dogs, etc. I must get up and move on. The inner monster might still voice an opinion of disgust over the "ugly" thing I've made but there is no time to dwell on it. Days may go by before I am able to sit down to the painting again. By then, I see it differently: it doesn't look so bad or I see what needs to be done next. Ironically, I think its having the children that has made it possible for me to finish paintings lately. I think I work better in small doses, when I am able to ride the creative impulse with pleasure and get up and move on before the monster of doubt appears to pick it clean. Also, life is very short and moving quickly. I don't want to miss out on the sheer pleasure of making art anymore. I feel very blessed to have a few minutes here and there to add a touch of golden green or a wisp of cloud.<br />
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I have given myself the guideline of allowing scripture to inspire my paintings, as a framework and a jumping off point. Its quite wonderful as scripture provides more than enough beautiful points to jump off from. Despite having this structure I still struggle about how to interpret the scriptures into art. I have gone at it three or four different ways now. First, I was painting a scene, then adding the text digitally over the paintings. Although, this is certainly an easy way to do it, I wasn't thrilled with the look of the digitally words over the painting. So recently, I tried hand lettering and making the hand painted words be the focus of the paintings rather than the images. That was unnatural to me and challenging in an unproductive way. I started three paintings over three times each trying to get the words and spacing just right. One painting will never be finished because I abandoned it all together. Now I am back to allowing the visuals drive the painting and I am still meditating on how to incorporate the scripture. What do you think?<br />
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Each painting is helping me to get closer to who I am as an artist. With each new painting, I am learning something about what I want to
make and what my heart wants to see. This latest painting is the one
that feels the most authentic to me. The one that feels closest to what
is in me and really wanting to come out. Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18385626453578114488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574301735610958346.post-71732658492808984672013-02-24T15:32:00.001-05:002013-02-25T21:39:40.211-05:00If It Be Your Will.....I wrote in my last post that there are two songs by singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen which have been especially inspirational and moving during my recent artistic revival. I wrote about Cohen's famous song - Anthem and how I listen to it to be reminded that even our imperfect offerings are valuable when offered in Love. <br />
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There is a second song ( and really I love just about all of his work) that has meant so much to me lately- <i>If It Be Your Will</i>. Cohen has said that this song was written as a prayer during a particularly challenging time in his life.<br />
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He submits his gift of song to the Lord and says, </div>
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That I speak no more<br />
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I will speak no more<br />
I shall abide until<br />
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If it be your will<br /><br />
If it be your will<br />
That a voice be true<br />
From this broken hill<br />
I will sing to you<br />
From this broken hill<br />
All your praises they shall ring<br />
If it be your will<br />
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This song is so incredibly powerful to me. Although I don't choose to (publicly) express myself through song, I can relate entirely to his plea with the Lord. Many times in recent days, I have asked God to either give me the ability to paint and to create or to take the desire away from me. Either to help me to overcome the obstacles I perceive or to simply set me at peace about this urge to make art.</div>
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Art has become, for me, a way to commune with God, an opportunity to revere the Holy and to make visible the Divine and creative Spirit that resides in me, an act of worship. I believe the Lord has given me the desire and the ability to be creative, but if its not His will for me to do this, then I am fully ready to set it aside. I never, ever want to be outside the will of God.</div>
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Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18385626453578114488noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574301735610958346.post-55997360948648138932013-02-19T15:20:00.001-05:002013-02-25T21:40:54.552-05:00Anthem<div style="text-align: left;">
When I was little, I believed I was, and always would be, an artist. I don't really know why I gave up on that belief as I approached adulthood. I floundered and flopped my way back to very, very self conscious attempts at art in college... and off and on throughout my twenties.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i> Just a humble offering from a willing servant. </i></span></div>
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The old voices and old ways (perpetual failure and doubt) want to worm their way back in.<span style="font-size: small;"><i> </i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><i> </i></span>I hear them and then tell them:<i> they have no power over me anymore</i>:<br />
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I may never be a famous or good artist, but I can paint, and I am a child of God.<br />
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Can I tell you how Leonard Cohen helps me through my doubtful and worried moments? The ones where I feel... this is stupid. I hate this. I give up. (How many artists put on music to create? I am sure many. All?) I put on music and play the same songs over and over. Leonard Cohen makes me want to move to Paris. I get lost in his poetic and moody lyrics. Two of his songs, in particular, push me beyond myself and help to move me<b> forward</b> (to refuse to be stagnant/stuck or even worse-- look backwards) during, this, my renaissance of creativity. </div>
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<i><b>"Ring the bells that still can ring. Forget your perfect offering. </b></i></div>
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<i><b>There is a crack, a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in</b></i>." </div>
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Now, Cohen is Jewish, but so was Jesus. This song, I feel it so spiritually. We are flawed and cracked beyond our own ability to repair. But the Light of the World pours in through those cracks and makes us whole and useful.</div>
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More on the second song soon... Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18385626453578114488noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574301735610958346.post-51532837566683026952012-11-09T10:25:00.000-05:002012-11-09T10:25:37.143-05:00Elijah Recites Psalm 23<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is his first lengthy memorization. He worked on it a little everyday for a couple of weeks. When he consistently got it all right I thought it was time to make it official. I am really proud of him.Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18385626453578114488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574301735610958346.post-73959433436704970192012-09-13T20:16:00.000-04:002012-09-13T23:10:04.947-04:00So far, so good!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Our first week of homeschooling is going wonderfully! I do believe my planning worked! The days have been smooth and easy. The difference, for me, between "winging it" and planning, cannot be understated. Last year's attempt at "winging it" resulted in fizzled enthusiasm on all of our parts. </div>
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Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18385626453578114488noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574301735610958346.post-38204938313960739642012-09-06T11:05:00.001-04:002012-09-13T23:12:12.386-04:00Our 2012-2013 School Schedule<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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</tr>
<tr style="height: 33.45pt; mso-yfti-irow: 2;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 33.45pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 87.0pt;" valign="top" width="116"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 2.3pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;">
<div style="color: #93c47d;">
<b>Literature </b></div>
Read Aloud
</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 33.45pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 87.0pt;" valign="top" width="116"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 2.3pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;">
<b style="color: #93c47d;">Literature </b>Read Aloud</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 33.45pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 87.0pt;" valign="top" width="116"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 2.3pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;">
<div style="color: #93c47d;">
<b>Literature</b></div>
Read Aloud</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 33.45pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 87.0pt;" valign="top" width="116"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 2.3pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;">
<div style="color: #93c47d;">
<b>Literature</b></div>
Read Aloud</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 33.45pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 87.05pt;" valign="top" width="116"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 2.3pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;">
<div style="color: #93c47d;">
<b>Literature</b></div>
Read Aloud</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 35.7pt; mso-yfti-irow: 3;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 35.7pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 87.0pt;" valign="top" width="116"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 2.3pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;">
<b style="color: #e69138;">Copy work</b><br />
letters</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 2.3pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;">
Bible </div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 35.7pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 87.0pt;" valign="top" width="116"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 2.3pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;">
<b style="color: #e69138;">Copy work </b>letters</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 2.3pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;">
Poetry</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 35.7pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 87.0pt;" valign="top" width="116"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 2.3pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;">
<b style="color: #e69138;">Copy work</b><br />
<b style="color: #e69138;"> </b>letters</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 2.3pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;">
Character</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 35.7pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 87.0pt;" valign="top" width="116"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 2.3pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;">
<div style="color: #e69138;">
<b>Copy work</b></div>
letters</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 2.3pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;">
Literature</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 35.7pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 87.05pt;" valign="top" width="116"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 2.3pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;">
<div style="color: #e69138;">
<b>Copy work</b></div>
letters</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 2.3pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;">
Personal Journal</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 35.7pt; mso-yfti-irow: 4;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 35.7pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 87.0pt;" valign="top" width="116"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 2.3pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;">
<div style="color: #c27ba0;">
<b>History/</b><br />
<b>Geography</b></div>
Ancient World</div>
</td>
<td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; color: blue; height: 35.7pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 87pt;" valign="top" width="116"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 2.3pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;">
<b>Science</b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 35.7pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 87.0pt;" valign="top" width="116"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 2.3pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;">
<b style="color: #c27ba0;">History/</b><br />
<b style="color: #c27ba0;">Geography</b><br />
<b style="color: #c27ba0;"> </b>American </div>
</td>
<td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; color: blue; height: 35.7pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 87pt;" valign="top" width="116"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 2.3pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;">
<b>Science</b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 35.7pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 87.05pt;" valign="top" width="116"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 2.3pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;">
<b><span style="color: #38761d;">Nature Walk </span></b>and Journal</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 35.7pt; mso-yfti-irow: 5;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 35.7pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 87.0pt;" valign="top" width="116"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 2.3pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;">
<div style="color: red;">
<b>Spanish </b></div>
Salsa</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 35.7pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 87.0pt;" valign="top" width="116"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 2.3pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;">
<b style="color: red;">Spanish </b>Pronunciator</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 35.7pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 87.0pt;" valign="top" width="116"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 2.3pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;">
<div style="color: red;">
<b>Spanish </b></div>
Salsa</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 35.7pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 87.0pt;" valign="top" width="116"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 2.3pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;">
<b><span style="color: red;">Spanish </span></b>Pronunciator</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 35.7pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 87.05pt;" valign="top" width="116"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 2.3pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;">
<b><span style="color: red;">Spanish</span></b> flash cards and
Review</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 33.45pt; mso-yfti-irow: 6;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; height: 33.45pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 87.0pt;" valign="top" width="116"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 2.3pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;">
<b style="color: yellow;"><span style="color: lime;">Hymn</span> </b>Review and
Practice</div>
</td>
<td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; color: #9fc5e8; height: 33.45pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 87pt;" valign="top" width="116"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 2.3pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;">
<b>Artist Study </b></div>
</td>
<td style="background-color: white; border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; color: #674ea7; height: 33.45pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 87pt;" valign="top" width="116"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 2.3pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;">
<b>Composer</b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 33.45pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 87.0pt;" valign="top" width="116"><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: magenta; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<b>Art/handicrafts </b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 2.3pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;">
<br /></div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 33.45pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 87.05pt;" valign="top" width="116"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 2.3pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;">
<b><span style="color: #990000;">Folk Music/ Movement</span></b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><b><span style="color: #990000;"> </span></b></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 35.7pt; mso-yfti-irow: 7;">
<td style="border: 1pt solid windowtext; color: #b4a7d6; height: 35.7pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 87pt;" valign="top" width="116"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 2.3pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;">
<b>Piano</b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; color: #b4a7d6; height: 35.7pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 87pt;" valign="top" width="116"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 2.3pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;">
<b>Piano</b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; color: #b4a7d6; height: 35.7pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 87pt;" valign="top" width="116"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 2.3pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;">
<b>Piano</b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; color: #b4a7d6; height: 35.7pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 87pt;" valign="top" width="116"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 2.3pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;">
<b>Piano</b></div>
</td>
<td style="border-color: -moz-use-text-color windowtext windowtext -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; color: #b4a7d6; height: 35.7pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 87.05pt;" valign="top" width="116"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-top: 2.3pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;">
<b>Piano</b></div>
</td>
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I realize this looks like an awful lot! But one of the major tenets of CM philosophy is short lessons for young children. For Elijah and Adah's age, each of these lessons is about 15-20 minute max. Fifteen minutes is about the length of time that a child their age can give undivided attention on any subject; there should always be an expectation for undivided attention when having lessons. When they are no longer able to fully focus, the lesson should end and move to another subject. <br />
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Also, lessons should feel relaxed and enjoyable. And most of this will be me reading to them from wonderful books, so don't feel too bad for them. We are not going stress out over any of this. Many of these subjects (history, science, art and music) we are only doing once or twice a week. At this age, I just want a gentle introduction to a wide variety of topics. I am expecting to spend 2-3 hours a day on school, broken up between morning and afternoon.<br />
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We will do most of this together as a family, though Adah will
be free to join in or not depending on her level of interest. She will
also have a separate phonic study with just Mommy while Elijah is
required to read silently from any book of his choice daily.<br />
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<b><i>Bible</i></b><br />
Read from Old Testament and New Testament, choosing verses to memorize and practicing them. Also, Little Visits with God devotional weekly.<br />
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<i><b>Hymn</b></i><br />
Learn to sing 1-2 new hymns per term<br />
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<b><i>Math</i></b><br />
Review Kindergarten math, begin 1st grade math (using Singapore Math now, will be changing soon)<br />
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<i><b>Literature</b></i><br />
Read aloud from <u>Aesop's for Children </u>by Milo Winter, <u>50 Famous Stories Retold </u>by James Baldwin, <u>A Child's Garden of Verses</u> by Robert Lewis Stephenson, <u>The Blue Fairy Book</u> by Andrew Lang, J<u>ust So Stories </u>by Rudyard Kipling. Also choosing 1-2 novels to read starting <u>Charlotte's Web</u> by EB White.<br />
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<i><b>History/Geography</b></i><br />
World History- Starting with ancient civilizations, one day a week, and Early American History beginning with Native Americans, one day a week. Will use a selection of living books to tell stories from these periods and <u>Kingfisher Illustrated History of the World</u> as a spine text. Geography will happen naturally as we study times and places.<br />
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<i><b>Science</b></i><br />
Will cover a wide variety of Earth, Physical and Life Sciences using living books and personal experience and observation as a core. Plan to emphasize the world right around us by doing nature walks and nature journals. Also reading, <u>A Handbook of Nature Study</u> by Anna Comstock, books from the series <u>The People of the...</u> by Clara Dillingham Pierson and James Herriot's <u>Treasury for Children</u>. Will learn 6 native trees, 6 birds, 6 wildflowers/ plants each term.<br />
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<i><b>Copy work</b></i><br />
Daily practice copying very short verses, poems, songs, etc. to introduce handwriting practice and grammar as well as reinforcing memory work (1 sentence at this age).<br />
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<i><b>Memory Work</b></i><br />
Strive to memorize 2-3 bible verses, one hymn and one short poem each term ( short 5-10 min, casual practice sessions)<br />
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<i><b>Spanish</b></i><br />
Watch<i><b> </b></i>Salsa videos online 2/ week ( free children's show with puppets speaking entirely in Spanish- very cute), use Pronunciator 2/week ( free language learning database offered through my local library system- amazing! Casual review using flash cards. <br />
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<i><b>Artist study</b></i><br />
Introduce 2 artists per term, look at their art, talk about their lives. Going to try to cover Artists from all different periods, styles and mediums.<br />
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<i><b>Music study</b></i><br />
1-2 per term, listen to music by composer, talk about the life of the person. Once weekly Folk Music intro with some dance thrown in for fun.<br />
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<b><i>Art/ Handicraft </i></b><br />
Introduce 1-2 forms of art or hand craft or useful life skill each term for each child to practice.<br />
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<i><b>Piano</b></i><br />
Daily piano practice using <u>Adventures in Piano </u>by Faber and Faber.<br />
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For More information about where I gathered these studies or specifics about techniques in teaching in each subject look here: <br />
<a href="http://www.amblesideonline.org/01bks.shtml">Ambleside Online Year 1 book list</a><br />
<a href="http://www.charlottemasonhelp.com/2009/07/year-1-schedule.html">Simply Charlotte Mason Free Curriculum</a><br />
<a href="http://www.charlottemasonhelp.com/2009/07/year-1-schedule.html">Charlotte Mason Help Free Curriculum Year 1</a><br />
<br />Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18385626453578114488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574301735610958346.post-44870087793831514632012-08-30T16:40:00.000-04:002012-08-31T09:49:34.302-04:00Homeschooling: Charlotte Mason StyleOne advantage of homeschooling is being able to design the child's education to suit his or her unique mode of learning. This is also advantageous for the parent- educator as they can make allowances for their own style of teaching/learning and for the needs of the family as a whole.<br />
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There are many different methods and philosophies of teaching in the home school world. This <a href="http://www.homeschoollearning.com/index.php/homeschool-resources/homeschool-methods">website </a>outlines them well. Most families pick and choose aspects from different styles, creating a custom course of study that fits them just right. Many families try several different methods over the years until they find the one or the combination that suits them best.<br />
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As a brand new homeschooler, I have no idea what's going to work best for our family. By nature, I am a bit scattered and eclectic; wanting to use a little of
this style and a little of that style. Unfortunately, I drove myself mad trying to tie them all together into something cohesive that I could
actually plan around. In order to get past my confusion and get started, I found I needed more structure. <br />
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After much praying and consideration, I have decided to lean heavily on the Charlotte Mason methodology for our first year of home school. Charlotte Mason was a very well known educator in the late 19th century in England. Ambleside Online offers this terrific summary of Charlotte Mason's <a href="http://www.amblesideonline.org/WhatIsCM.shtml">approach of education</a>, if you are interested in learning more about how and what she taught. Its easy to see why her methods have inspired home schooling families for generations.<br />
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Today, most of the well known methods of home schooling include some parts of her philosophies in their methodology, most notably a reliance upon "living books" for curriculum. <a href="http://jimmiewriter.hubpages.com/hub/homeschool-living-book"> Here </a>is a great explanation of what makes a "living book" and what is the opposite that, something Ms. Mason referred to as "twaddle".<br />
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For me, it was the lovely emphasis on God, nature, and "great and noble ideas" in art, literature and science that swayed me to pursue her methods as a backbone in our school. I don't think of myself as a strict devotee of CM; I imagine I will still draw upon other philosophies as we home school through the years. But for now, I am rather enamored with her ways and I want to try to implement many of them in our school.<br />
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Take a look at this <a href="http://www.amblesideonline.org/CMAttainments.shtml">Formidable List of Attainments for a Child of Six</a>.
This is what Charlotte Mason expected from a six year old studying with
her. <span style="font-size: small;">(</span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">Elijah is six)</span><span style="font-size: small;">.</span></i></span> It's so beautiful to me. I would love to say that my six year old
could do all of this or some variation on this. <br />
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But how on earth do I put these noble goals into practice? Where do I even begin? I need some major hand holding at this stage of my homeschooling life. Fortunately, there are some really amazing resources on the good ol' trusty internet!<br />
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Two, in particular, have really shown me how to use her methods. As a HUGE bonus, they have outlined yearly programs for home schoolers to follow. They are <a href="http://www.amblesideonline.org/">Ambleside Online</a> and <a href="http://simplycharlottemason.com/">Simply Charlotte Mason</a>.<br />
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Both are great, both follow the CM methodology beautifully and, best of all, are free! They are chocked full of great information. Therefore, you really have to dig in and spend sometime familiarizing yourself with their websites to make the most of what they offer. You cannot hop on there and get a quick overview of what they offer, but what they offer is well worth the time and effort. <br />
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They differ, mostly, in the specific books and resources they recommend for the varying subjects.<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"> After reading through the CM support sites, I
have discovered some respectfully strong opinions about who has the
better lineup, Ambleside or SimplyCM. In the end, it seems most CM moms
</span></span>pick and choose from both sites to develop the curriculum that they are most excited about. Which, is what I am going to do, as well. CM is not a book list but a practice. <span style="font-size: small;">(<i>There are no hard fast requirements about which books to read in CM, other than that be living and not twaddle, as I mentioned before. Therefore, I also plan to add books recommended from <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Honey-Childs-Heart-Gladys-Hunt/dp/0310242460">Honey for a Child's Heart </a>by Gladys Hunt and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Books-Children-Love-Revised-Edition/dp/1581341989/ref=pd_bxgy_b_text_z">Books Children Love</a> by Elizabeth Wilson to create our reading lists for the year. I am also going to tweak the history and the science recommendations from both sites to suit our family</i>.)</span><br />
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I am also using these wonderful sites devoted CM education to draw upon as I finalize our schedule: <br />
<a href="http://thoughtsaftergod.blogspot.com/"> </a><br />
<a href="http://www.charlottemasonhelp.com/">Higher Up Further In</a><br />
<a href="http://www.charlottemasonhelp.com/">Charlotte Mason Help</a><br />
<a href="http://charlottemasoneducation.com/">A Charlotte Mason Education</a><br />
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After all these months of indecisiveness about what and how to teach, it feels good to have some direction and structure. I pity my husband and my mother who were subjected to many a long, grueling conversation with me as I sorted through all of this. The last step in this process is laying out our schedule exactly. I am putting the finishing touches on it over the next few days and I will post it when I am done! <span style="font-size: small;">(<i>Some of you may be thinking whoop-di-doo, who cares? For me, this is a way to create some accountability for myself by putting my intentions out there for all the world, all three of you, to see:) </i></span>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18385626453578114488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574301735610958346.post-36632079272311006562012-08-28T20:34:00.001-04:002012-09-13T20:26:50.385-04:00Homeschooling is Hard: A Mission StatementBefore Gabe and I married, there was an understanding reached between he and I that we would home school our children unless God clearly showed us differently. When Elijah was born, God cemented that calling in my heart. I looked in his newborn face and knew I probably wouldn't be sending him to kindergarten with a wave and a smile. I just couldn't imagine not being with him for all those years. Beyond the Divine calling to do so, why would we choose such a difficult and somewhat controversial upbringing?<br />
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<b>A Mission Statement (of sorts)</b><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">We want our children to know that they are "fearfully and wonderfully made" unique creations of the One True God and that they were made to know Him and love Him. In knowing and loving God they will find their true calling in life and have the opportunity to live the richest, fullest life imaginable... the one that God designed them live.</span><b><i><span style="font-size: small;"> For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus </span><span style="font-size: small;">to do </span><span style="font-size: small;">good works</span><span style="font-size: small;">, which </span><span style="font-size: small;">God prepared in advance</span><span style="font-size: small;"> for us to do." (</span></i></b><span style="font-size: small;"><b><i>Ephesians 2:10)</i></b></span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;"><b><i> </i></b></span><span style="font-size: small;">A public school education cannot address the unique God given gifts,
talents and interests innate in all of us. They can't even address God
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<span style="font-size: small;">We, the parents, are commanded to teach these things:<b><i> “Love the
LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all
your strength. These commandments that I give you today are to be upon
your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit
at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when
you get up.” (Duet. 6:5-7</i>) </b>How can teach my children about God in the way the He commands if they are gone all day? </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Finally, I can't help but feel the goal of our schools is to ensure that each child receive a <i>minimum</i> level of education and to create conformity between children. It is not our goal that our children be conformed to the world:</span><span style="font-size: small;"><b><i> “And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed
by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and
acceptable and perfect will of God.” Romans 12:2 </i></b></span></div>
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Beyond this here more of my many reasons...<br />
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<li>I want to foster in my children a great love of learning, for them to be excited about learning and confident about their ability to learn anything their heart's desire. </li>
<li>I want to allow my children the freedom to master a wide variety of skills and subjects that schools may not have the time or budget to delve into and do it without the pressure of a state mandated timeline.</li>
<li>I want them to see and appreciate God's place throughout history, humankind and creation. </li>
<li>I want them find meaning in a world full of goodness and evil through the lens of the Bible. I want help them to develop excellent values and moral character such as integrity, honesty, courage, faith and love. </li>
<li>I want to spend all of the time that I can with them. Three hours a day is not enough for me! I enjoy interacting with them and witnessing them grow in every way. </li>
<li>Public schools waste time: in lines, in buses, on roll call, etc. There is too much good stuff in life being missed out while kids shuffle between class rooms. </li>
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Its time for Elijah to begin first grade. For months, I have researched homeschooling methods, techniques, philosophies, curricula, books, websites, forums, groups, etc. etc, etc, etc. I have wondered and wandered to no end about what to teach, how to teach it and when to teach it. This has tied me up in knots and kept me up at night. I have almost made myself crazy bringing my convictions to home school to reality.<b> </b><br />
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<b>Here's what I've come up with: Homeschooling is hard. </b>Not everyone can do this. It takes a lot of conviction, patience, perseverance, creativity, courage, organization and forethought to home school. You have to believe in this! Even when you do wholeheartedly believe in the reasons for homeschooling, it is still very challenging to get the ball rolling and keep it rolling.<br />
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Last night, I had a major breakthrough. I realized, that for the most part, my preferences and hope for homeschooling align with one particular method of homeschooling. Its wonderful to realize this! I found several online resources based on this method that have proven to be immensely helpful in creating our lessons for this year. In fact, if I wanted to, I could follow exactly along with learning schedules laid out on these websites and be confident that my children would receive a superior education.<br />
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In my next post, I am going to outline our curricula for the upcoming school year, 2012- 2013. I will also provide some background information about the method of homeschooling I have chosen!Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18385626453578114488noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574301735610958346.post-83275794831183226632012-03-31T18:52:00.006-04:002012-04-02T09:37:14.153-04:00Happy Birthday Naomi<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Its hard to believe (it always is) that my baby is a year old today! Its stunning how quickly a year can pass as you learn to parent a new person. It feels like she got here... but like she's always been here, you know?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjus-2jNU2N0OSF4MT2KfEj_vGao0TkvWaOBC7Q28xB_QryWvPzA2K7y3gCW4o2y83l4opyPhTM1-fOC6IdAiQERuP3-S0vemXbbXjf5MtpqZZshXQfpzHxTAphgqtHgG7gjrrm-6IwViKw/s320/DSCN0278.JPG" width="320" /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> I love to reminisce about the day she was born. It was a beautiful and super speedy birth. She was born in 2.5 hours from beginning to end. I still can't believe how quickly my birthing experience unfolded with her.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<i>Star Gazing by the fire in his jammies. </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0PC6F5HHFHk7n5iC9p1hgOd_SedW_fHbI-8p3yVZgScIwBQyhQK897tz2b-iCSjIHYI7P_S7XjdDgf4SxzDshWDYi21eivYIBS0xl5KrskNzYCC98wjXSrjzfrLVFdP8Cr5F7Y7d4zcSy/s1600/DSCN1669.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0PC6F5HHFHk7n5iC9p1hgOd_SedW_fHbI-8p3yVZgScIwBQyhQK897tz2b-iCSjIHYI7P_S7XjdDgf4SxzDshWDYi21eivYIBS0xl5KrskNzYCC98wjXSrjzfrLVFdP8Cr5F7Y7d4zcSy/s400/DSCN1669.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Eating at Daddy's restaurant every Friday is another little tradition</i>.</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLRT0Bcthyb3XuKvLIhRPCBhL_gxwQtB7FBCIWh_SSKaZg4ZodQvtrGKp83dOpLpk-KfBOkq_oCkNmoOAeYCwLB4ZQhtbTf1x_NOJP1BfO5qH_xIY200fqJYi5LOmzVcn7DXDltNe8tezD/s1600/DSCN1685.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLRT0Bcthyb3XuKvLIhRPCBhL_gxwQtB7FBCIWh_SSKaZg4ZodQvtrGKp83dOpLpk-KfBOkq_oCkNmoOAeYCwLB4ZQhtbTf1x_NOJP1BfO5qH_xIY200fqJYi5LOmzVcn7DXDltNe8tezD/s400/DSCN1685.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
<i>Our kids have had so much practice eating at a restaurant over the last 2 years, </i><br />
<i>they are amazingly good. </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/256CIcc3-bg?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div>Naomi has been crawling for about a month. I finally got around to uploading this little clip of her brand new skills. She is nine months old now and super tiny, weighing in at 15.5 lbs, which is what your average 4 month old weighs. But she is very mobile, sitting, standing, crawling. She is beginning to make sounds that correspond with objects like saying "daw, daw" when she sees our dog and "ba, ba" for ball. She is very sweet and bright-eyed and alert. She loves her big brother and sister and laughs wildly at their antics. (I need to upload a video of that.) She is also the clingiest of all my children, really preferring Mommy to all others. Its normal for this age and I kinda love it. She's not a great sleeper at night, still waking every 2-3 hours for one reason or another. I DO NOT love that.Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18385626453578114488noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574301735610958346.post-30371694455683154832011-11-30T22:08:00.005-05:002011-12-01T22:41:46.125-05:00Our Advent Calender and Christmas Tree<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">I am so pleased with my last minute, totally free and "up-cycled" Advent calender... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLTIneWLNAODmYafDomxMsXUILnmXiFBp1Lb20SEhR74SMrk85hHHW2MyyLO8nuuoA4zYH9earQG0ddbn_RXhoqyjMHf-ayXdmTX83IoMf62yZe_mM5p1Q61Oub_H19S1ySk_cOzKyrRPV/s1600/DSCN1494.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLTIneWLNAODmYafDomxMsXUILnmXiFBp1Lb20SEhR74SMrk85hHHW2MyyLO8nuuoA4zYH9earQG0ddbn_RXhoqyjMHf-ayXdmTX83IoMf62yZe_mM5p1Q61Oub_H19S1ySk_cOzKyrRPV/s400/DSCN1494.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I made little pockets from brown paper bags, decorated them with clippings from old Christmas cards, a Target ad and the most recent issue of Martha Stewart Living, added generous amounts of iridescent glitter and voila! Now granted, this is not my dream advent calender. I spent way too long seeking inspiration from the wonderfully creative examples of advent awesomeness out there in the blogosphere. I know how adorable and stylish they can be. (<span style="font-size: x-small;">Go ahead, Google it and see how creative some people are.</span>) But you know what? Ta-dah! Its done and in one afternoon! And its all me. AND its the act of counting the days (<span style="font-size: x-small;">and making them count</span>) that I am most interested in.</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Each day will have a special activity to celebrate the season. My main goal is to completely immerse ourselves in the biblical account of Jesus's birth. We will be reading from <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+1&version=NKJV"><span style="font-size: small;">Matthew 1:18-2:23 </span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">and <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+1&version=NKJV">Luke 1 and 2.</a> </span>Many of our activities will be inspired from these texts.We will soak up the wonder that the same God who<i> created the universe</i> had a plan to redeem his fallen creation which began with him entering the world as a tiny baby, born of a peasant woman, in the poorest of conditions. Amazing!</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
Also we will:</div><div style="text-align: center;">Make Christmas tree ornaments</div><div style="text-align: center;">make and drink hot chocolate</div><div style="text-align: center;">cut and decorate snowflakes<br />
make beeswax candles </div><div style="text-align: center;">go for a winter walk</div><div style="text-align: center;">go see Christmas lights at Lake Julian</div><div style="text-align: center;">make gingerbread men</div><div style="text-align: center;">watch a Christmas movie</div><div style="text-align: center;">make snow globes</div><div style="text-align: center;">donate <a href="http://www.buncombecounty.org/News_Detail.aspx?newsID=11623">clothes</a>, <a href="http://mannafoodbank.org/">food </a>and<span id="goog_2142300746"></span><span id="goog_2142300747"></span> <a href="http://www.citizen-times.com/article/20111129/LIVING/311290012/Angel-Tree-now-open-Asheville-Mall?odyssey=mod%7Cnewswell%7Ctext%7CFrontpage%7Cs">gifts</a> to needy </div><div style="text-align: center;">make outdoor ice art</div><div style="text-align: center;">make presents for Grandparents</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_2142300797"><span id="goog_2142300798"></span> </a><a href="http://www.blogger.com/">Return to Bethlehem<span id="goog_2142300799"></span></a><br />
have a special breakfast, lunch and dinner<br />
visit family and friends<br />
go to a Christmas parade<br />
bake cookies<br />
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On down days, we'll read Christmas books by the fire. As a back up for the unexpected monkey wrench, (<span style="font-size: x-small;">because life happens:</span>) I have a few pieces of chocolate stashed away.</div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Wish me luck, I am so excited!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">And here is our lovely tree...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqRch6olgWj3etGyrTfCuOJ8OHqZqQ2JuXgo2Aprp29uX7zpBooN66xe_NVy-dlIBTgSO6C9OVCoJYoG-vejeeGCT7aGCtfHBp0oh48DvLVvkfJU8JtG82581B4qmut852w0bXOqbc99be/s1600/DSCN1470.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqRch6olgWj3etGyrTfCuOJ8OHqZqQ2JuXgo2Aprp29uX7zpBooN66xe_NVy-dlIBTgSO6C9OVCoJYoG-vejeeGCT7aGCtfHBp0oh48DvLVvkfJU8JtG82581B4qmut852w0bXOqbc99be/s640/DSCN1470.JPG" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
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I moved my art desk and supplies to the heart of our home, right into the dining room. Which is also our homeschool center. All of this makes for a very messy, non- decorator magazine space; very lived-in and reflective of our day to day life. I wasn't sure about it at first, but now, I love having my desk in there. My supplies are right under my nose all day long; I can't help but show them the love they've missed for the last 5 years.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggR5JfaGoeUYE4w444KKkiUuOysanew6UMDtycl_bXKlGHrLPdSUcO7Nuoe7sj0wbV_UBjviYB_YE1l3ktft1EIN1B8bmkBzoTj6LYnRBVwad_D7rDzVpniPE0i7ViB9UqWrheI_zRvBBW/s1600/DSCN1410.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggR5JfaGoeUYE4w444KKkiUuOysanew6UMDtycl_bXKlGHrLPdSUcO7Nuoe7sj0wbV_UBjviYB_YE1l3ktft1EIN1B8bmkBzoTj6LYnRBVwad_D7rDzVpniPE0i7ViB9UqWrheI_zRvBBW/s400/DSCN1410.JPG" width="400" /></a></div> <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"> To get myself back into creating, I started with commissioned pieces from the kids. Elijah requested a painting of a motorcycle jumping over a mountain. And I finished a piece started long ago for his room. Not the greatest photos...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdYfXbkDKwemk7ul0Xh4oXJkckYwPxQB38ILWtzAT87PmZIU9hvHquCFF1ZXn64iMflEGf3PrOhljA3WIZGcq9nb2uKtz0e-VWRgHx8oh51OWwKUvp8siuYvrmGvbX2DmsT_FlP2UUk2Og/s1600/DSCN1384.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdYfXbkDKwemk7ul0Xh4oXJkckYwPxQB38ILWtzAT87PmZIU9hvHquCFF1ZXn64iMflEGf3PrOhljA3WIZGcq9nb2uKtz0e-VWRgHx8oh51OWwKUvp8siuYvrmGvbX2DmsT_FlP2UUk2Og/s400/DSCN1384.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoj7b-1mn3tc2IsWGYz1EUhyphenhyphenNdtdd7lswOh7dX2jOBvp6XABEjRqOsDD_-fldnh7uT3PIJYoYb3QxNVu6ZEBWDPorBA2OL_9PjO0uoXb3mhWoKR6lsHfL61qG8x0kbZvuA4S6D4KyyJBj_/s1600/DSCN1387.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoj7b-1mn3tc2IsWGYz1EUhyphenhyphenNdtdd7lswOh7dX2jOBvp6XABEjRqOsDD_-fldnh7uT3PIJYoYb3QxNVu6ZEBWDPorBA2OL_9PjO0uoXb3mhWoKR6lsHfL61qG8x0kbZvuA4S6D4KyyJBj_/s320/DSCN1387.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"> Adah wanted a princess and a sand castle.<br />
( Its a drawing and its behind glass so the photo is very poor quality.) </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ0FDoBF1zbsiAp4Drd0P3uz20PJFizu7oNBIH-TB2rARmz_rwcYQp3iv8GTLIGavljX01bYYVr32JhDPkbKtMUHACMyRMb9680wa7c4ze018Hc4ejB2EJY2IhZFGfo1vtBrGg3slkP3fm/s1600/DSCN1412.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ0FDoBF1zbsiAp4Drd0P3uz20PJFizu7oNBIH-TB2rARmz_rwcYQp3iv8GTLIGavljX01bYYVr32JhDPkbKtMUHACMyRMb9680wa7c4ze018Hc4ejB2EJY2IhZFGfo1vtBrGg3slkP3fm/s320/DSCN1412.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"> From there, I moved into a painting for Gabe and I' s room. Its in progress....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglIDWA7sSX2__Kx5Vr27ZW3b0BKxE3Z0VobJoDbHvC7gweZq-bJt8WaJl2J9mto4XyairzzNlUSXxjs3hVqSmnKfctE3zWJoLAjPG-IuPoye8o-rCsNR87Lfg-EOMx82EldWlNPQIVeV5B/s1600/DSCN1397.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglIDWA7sSX2__Kx5Vr27ZW3b0BKxE3Z0VobJoDbHvC7gweZq-bJt8WaJl2J9mto4XyairzzNlUSXxjs3hVqSmnKfctE3zWJoLAjPG-IuPoye8o-rCsNR87Lfg-EOMx82EldWlNPQIVeV5B/s400/DSCN1397.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
With stopover in a twice-failed drawing of our wedding day. They've been shoved into a drawer. No hard feelings. I am just glad to be working somehow or another. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCjCbI0WraKEVDLa6CZekLYKcqm7MmYNnMlmwEwNzGGFnM9XPIO0xnqjYNqpoGogigUfmd75BkQCJWnmhE4gwyzpVug1JUzvaxB9OLCCpBW8sNwjR7bV_NR7gTR8vvUblxkvwWW2kQfk8c/s1600/DSCN1382.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCjCbI0WraKEVDLa6CZekLYKcqm7MmYNnMlmwEwNzGGFnM9XPIO0xnqjYNqpoGogigUfmd75BkQCJWnmhE4gwyzpVug1JUzvaxB9OLCCpBW8sNwjR7bV_NR7gTR8vvUblxkvwWW2kQfk8c/s320/DSCN1382.JPG" width="320" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We made this gratitude tree to count our blessings:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivM-Q0ibdNBDkmqsI4yp0KMx-TsD0t1yumWmNU0rKXEAsVum12wtwO_RGoAZi5QCGML3p9r3SkmHZH6vo7MsKO7gCKMbYVhCy9tTRLe0R-_pvIyJBVJSLvvfw20sCVnYg1IqMqDmOJe25Y/s1600/DSCN1373.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivM-Q0ibdNBDkmqsI4yp0KMx-TsD0t1yumWmNU0rKXEAsVum12wtwO_RGoAZi5QCGML3p9r3SkmHZH6vo7MsKO7gCKMbYVhCy9tTRLe0R-_pvIyJBVJSLvvfw20sCVnYg1IqMqDmOJe25Y/s320/DSCN1373.JPG" width="212" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"> And today we went wild and made <a href="http://www.bhg.com/thanksgiving/crafts/wild-turkey/">this </a>turkey with items gathered from our yard and pantry. The kids absolutely loved it!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAyBezW1RoIPem2VUx1PdpA_DRtYCgRpKE1z6Je-mFN0bxJYkQYlPjDMnw5dMquJnclwhRW0rmHQ7ZgiUX0DCMWj6LOFtiYqFMvnV04SDvgSt_n1d_-ZYxJcfA0iCo-hReDOf0unsNB-uo/s1600/DSCN1422.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAyBezW1RoIPem2VUx1PdpA_DRtYCgRpKE1z6Je-mFN0bxJYkQYlPjDMnw5dMquJnclwhRW0rmHQ7ZgiUX0DCMWj6LOFtiYqFMvnV04SDvgSt_n1d_-ZYxJcfA0iCo-hReDOf0unsNB-uo/s400/DSCN1422.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I highly recommend this craft for the sensory thrill of the different natural materials. But, its not for those who wilt at the idea of sticky, dirty (fun) messes.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXaX_TaFRphh2VntR4gqKcKOJALCtRaIz7nEO5V2M4QNqNNawtSjyUTrBr3Wkj9yJzB4fRtjuVPNEiO1vFPOFDykjMWZvJwWHX4jRb1pevMn4pYe5kzuYIIw52N5Shlba9n2jMQukW9K1L/s1600/DSCN1401.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXaX_TaFRphh2VntR4gqKcKOJALCtRaIz7nEO5V2M4QNqNNawtSjyUTrBr3Wkj9yJzB4fRtjuVPNEiO1vFPOFDykjMWZvJwWHX4jRb1pevMn4pYe5kzuYIIw52N5Shlba9n2jMQukW9K1L/s320/DSCN1401.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I wanted to get in on the gluing, so I made this:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8KAqb7kSKZiN381ChDaS-NQlq3voRFjwP869w1mq9KzNMONe4JUMDnMHMJwqaAGC9Fn4uFdm4Rn2MsWaba_i27X1GHPmVcXSK05GMvumcBr7O38Nfi9sAmTEhidnzKA2jrLF-z8RUNUw8/s1600/DSCN1411.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8KAqb7kSKZiN381ChDaS-NQlq3voRFjwP869w1mq9KzNMONe4JUMDnMHMJwqaAGC9Fn4uFdm4Rn2MsWaba_i27X1GHPmVcXSK05GMvumcBr7O38Nfi9sAmTEhidnzKA2jrLF-z8RUNUw8/s400/DSCN1411.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"> I keep wondering if its going to catch fire above our blazing hot woodstove. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Can you read that it says "Give Thanks"?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0inbB7dnPpUTcRODa0aVk9K-1BBoPlQy_UXnnQKkw6YdJeKZPK4vpYmKmxQ4MqNTlEcbrvFlh0_XB30Uhivwi3kysPo30_q1mFom6pWpAsMmYNcREDGgjMQ4y_GbX3Jdl8S9FzgVHzjJO/s1600/DSCN1428.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0inbB7dnPpUTcRODa0aVk9K-1BBoPlQy_UXnnQKkw6YdJeKZPK4vpYmKmxQ4MqNTlEcbrvFlh0_XB30Uhivwi3kysPo30_q1mFom6pWpAsMmYNcREDGgjMQ4y_GbX3Jdl8S9FzgVHzjJO/s400/DSCN1428.JPG" width="400" /> </a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"> Let's see.... there is this crocheted flower and leaf mobile in the works for Naomi. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDijjRLahIgkNoGkA04nn-E-N24T1ajkpqS6b_ZF7CdXA4W215clSIIwqfKC-OpQ77OEOC3zXXJiwWJx0xI2JZ2XoMSQxYmjy0fS4E79lelexT624oUOdVIL0ppjq-eQW5CPWaAH4jI8O_/s1600/DSCN1388.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDijjRLahIgkNoGkA04nn-E-N24T1ajkpqS6b_ZF7CdXA4W215clSIIwqfKC-OpQ77OEOC3zXXJiwWJx0xI2JZ2XoMSQxYmjy0fS4E79lelexT624oUOdVIL0ppjq-eQW5CPWaAH4jI8O_/s400/DSCN1388.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
I am also knitting a hat and mittens for Adah and a pair of legwarmers for me.<br />
(I realized recently that I work well with many projects going at once. It helps me not to get overly focused, analytical and critical of what I am working on. When I feel myself falling into this creativity killing pattern of mine I move onto something else for a while.)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">And last but not least, one of my <span style="font-size: large;">most </span>favorite creations... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPiP9Ww3nnboBTPts2YAD7I-xc3cWnXer70cE4SXELqphQNdcdiqUrjLdS1WUfzOgaEyZD5sVuYY4Bmrwn4559M5kLGRxxNP6_kJm4937gaNG7eZiQNRD0iMhQEBQrb72q_rZ7G9GLt-g0/s1600/DSCN1413.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPiP9Ww3nnboBTPts2YAD7I-xc3cWnXer70cE4SXELqphQNdcdiqUrjLdS1WUfzOgaEyZD5sVuYY4Bmrwn4559M5kLGRxxNP6_kJm4937gaNG7eZiQNRD0iMhQEBQrb72q_rZ7G9GLt-g0/s400/DSCN1413.JPG" width="266" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Love to all,</div><div style="text-align: center;">Liz</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> A relaxing day off is a rare thing around here. Because Gabe still (!) works 70 hours a week , there is always way too much to get caught up on when he's off. After all the house work type stuff is done and the errands are run, then we try to squeeze in some fun family time. Well, yard and house work be damned (excuse me!). It was high time for us to do something truly fitting for a day off, so we went for a picnic and swim at Triple Falls in Dupont State Forest and played games before bed and <i>didn't</i> mow the grass.</div>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18385626453578114488noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574301735610958346.post-46292805201007548022011-08-08T10:09:00.000-04:002011-08-08T10:09:07.791-04:00Elijah's Birthday!I can hardly believe that its been 5 years since Gabe and I were blessed enough to bring our Elijah into the world. He is in turns extremely thoughtful and serious, then silly and wild. He is quick in mind and body. He's adventurous and brave, curious and observant. He's just the coolest. We have to thank God everyday for the blessing of Elijah. <br />
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His birthday weekend overlapped with the visit of Gabe's brother Micah and his family. The weekend was filled with one huge family gathering after another. Elijah is one of 20 grand kids on this side of the family. It's a party! Whew! Here are a few pictures :<br />
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Gabe and Elijah rode go-carts to start the day.<br />
We had a cookout with some of his favorite foods, burgers and corn on the cob.<br />
We had cake and ice cream and presents (his favorite was a Transformer from Uncle Micah).<br />
Oh, and a pinata and water balloons, what a blast! Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18385626453578114488noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574301735610958346.post-26602475853439456582011-07-29T20:59:00.001-04:002011-07-29T21:36:34.429-04:00Adah's Birthday!<div style="text-align: center;">Adah celebrated her 3rd birthday this month! Oh my goodness, we love her! She is such a sweet and funny little girl. She lights up our lives with her sparkling personality. We are blessed beyond measure to be her family. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq7qdqF3Dq70KBSeqFGjvCpPaxknWkRpFg9IUlB1wLarNHF4iZ9AegtX1PiNYFNoYFUb6lgFtuewzyhBH86f695OpkpkhyWPLGAp32EbXPRs8N7QQAVL6SaLcpQ-xMMdczjq9YHMavtyAk/s1600/DSCN0713+-+Copy.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq7qdqF3Dq70KBSeqFGjvCpPaxknWkRpFg9IUlB1wLarNHF4iZ9AegtX1PiNYFNoYFUb6lgFtuewzyhBH86f695OpkpkhyWPLGAp32EbXPRs8N7QQAVL6SaLcpQ-xMMdczjq9YHMavtyAk/s400/DSCN0713+-+Copy.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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</div>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18385626453578114488noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574301735610958346.post-6515218218677530462011-07-13T22:01:00.001-04:002011-07-13T22:46:32.030-04:00July<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcGTx8WRHwybn8qKx1dBl1e47sX8jF02gFXynxOPsR-Gfp1cMUMIyyjsyErua-rFw84SqV4Bf01_8XBss_YEdY3MUNs2GuYxFfI5oa3Rh1zJSKs-B31EAPM-6tcE90E9a1GWwdFafyrh_1/s1600/DSCN0695.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcGTx8WRHwybn8qKx1dBl1e47sX8jF02gFXynxOPsR-Gfp1cMUMIyyjsyErua-rFw84SqV4Bf01_8XBss_YEdY3MUNs2GuYxFfI5oa3Rh1zJSKs-B31EAPM-6tcE90E9a1GWwdFafyrh_1/s320/DSCN0695.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Hello!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDVDFqJvNqhMQW1DPPqWF6EOo5WvHiV1z7lWcNOVfHn57dpTDqUuTROA_cKJwiyGH34D705X39ClvUlRPkG2M8TrXUXONH8ydm1xkC2wH5cnRJzPI2sYzT-1PRRKHjsXLW4vNHg-GuR_Su/s1600/DSCN0697.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDVDFqJvNqhMQW1DPPqWF6EOo5WvHiV1z7lWcNOVfHn57dpTDqUuTROA_cKJwiyGH34D705X39ClvUlRPkG2M8TrXUXONH8ydm1xkC2wH5cnRJzPI2sYzT-1PRRKHjsXLW4vNHg-GuR_Su/s320/DSCN0697.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> "Take a picture of my finger!"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBO11d25HPHATitT8KrUwRIVj1ee4CLq86GKMBWCf_LioXgTLq2Dslrgi3DOBBWYGYVu_n1IQbbFJ0RqZNT0GsWaNa8WF07j_TtZcvCcALj_GJNibxgJRR_2O1acpTWONeqnq5CcWqCRd6/s1600/DSCN0700.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBO11d25HPHATitT8KrUwRIVj1ee4CLq86GKMBWCf_LioXgTLq2Dslrgi3DOBBWYGYVu_n1IQbbFJ0RqZNT0GsWaNa8WF07j_TtZcvCcALj_GJNibxgJRR_2O1acpTWONeqnq5CcWqCRd6/s320/DSCN0700.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Raspberries from the yard ( Adah ate all but one of hers).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcw0lW7AMGGyB5NkETJiEhHTkjwa8nVf0y8Y99oq3TIH6IrTzc6g7RmY2JL-9HGkirO1gdj3dYXRD14wqpNKRD9n2YfV7mAp6xRfSmuZomBfCM-6T8HXA-bqHtVRuRjOeYqmu3oKICu8gh/s400/DSCN0567.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> I love EVERY single little thing about Naomi. I even love her cry and her poop. I love EVERYTHING about this baby.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Sigh. Sigh. Big lovey-dovey sigh. Sigh again.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Okay, also, I am going to run a 5k in September. This will be my first race and I am super excited. I like running, I need to lose weight and it just sounds like fun to me. </div><div style="text-align: center;">So, yeah, I am going to do it. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18385626453578114488noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574301735610958346.post-52680324357383996862011-05-16T20:38:00.019-04:002011-05-16T21:49:09.987-04:00Success and Silliness<div style="text-align: center;">Elijah is READING! </div><div style="text-align: center;">Here is a clip of his success and ensuing silliness between he and Adah, if you're interested.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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We reached this happy milestone last week!<br />
It has been so sweet to share in his joy at the accomplishment of reading a book all by himself. <br />
I feel his demeanor is different in the wake of this triumph. Like he's been trusted with the keys to a great treasure: he carries himself with a shade more maturity,<br />
holds his head higher.<br />
Like he's been admitted to a secret "grown up" world, that up until a few days ago, was just out of his reach. He behaves as a newly minted member of a privileged people,<br />
those who can unlock the magic of words. <br />
<i>*Sigh</i>.* <i>My little man</i>. <br />
I am happy for him. I pray he'll have a lifetime love of reading!<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">P.S.~ This was an accomplishment for me, too: My first homeschooling effort and God blessed us with easy success. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"> May ALL of our homeschooling be this triumphant!! :)</span></div>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18385626453578114488noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574301735610958346.post-21603907637200403482011-05-04T21:55:00.004-04:002011-05-06T15:58:05.766-04:00Surprises and Simplicity<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjQsbRNzxoxh2GEHZeFIHQfdmrJrO26jr5O_x8X7vNqkns80_4HRyG5K5bS71dUxFfQ0jeAXjKXnLItcuqDMVV52AdXoiPhHdvYJBXKxiVzapd0S8L_HfVeKc4qfnrtduUi27_v7RPwUZN/s1600/DSCN0440-1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjQsbRNzxoxh2GEHZeFIHQfdmrJrO26jr5O_x8X7vNqkns80_4HRyG5K5bS71dUxFfQ0jeAXjKXnLItcuqDMVV52AdXoiPhHdvYJBXKxiVzapd0S8L_HfVeKc4qfnrtduUi27_v7RPwUZN/s320/DSCN0440-1.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">We love our new house, by the way.</div>The original owners planted many lovely shrubs, flowers and trees around the property. However, we bought this house as a foreclosure. Therefore, most of this landscaping is quite overgrown and out of control. It reminds me of my favorite childhood book, The Secret Garden. The work to tame the wildness and create our own vision here seems overwhelming at times, especially in the wake of giving birth. I let go of the plan to begin a vegetable garden this year (I didn't think we could handle it so soon). So, imagine my delight when I discovered, hidden amongst the weeds, the forsythia and azaleas- strawberries (lots of them), blackberries and raspberries! Yay for surprise summer fruits!<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Yes, spring has been good to us. Or rather, God has been good to us this spring. We are so blessed with goodness and sweetness! </div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">As I learn to be a mom to three, my greatest struggle is being gentle with myself when I am faced with my numerous shortcomings and failures. God knows that I can't possible do and be all that I want right now. But, I am learning to be grateful for all the little things that I do accomplish in a day. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>I made breakfast, thank you Lord. I swept the floor, thank you Lord. I read a book to Elijah, thank you Lord. I nursed Naomi, thank you Lord.</i> And I am learning to let go of all the things that I can't do and the long, ever growing list of things I'd like to do.... one day. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">On Sunday, I bowed my head in church and prayed for simplicity. No, it was more than that, it was for the <i>ability</i> to simplify. Or more exactly, I prayed that God would give me the ability to simplify and to feel no loss over the things that have to fall away. Yes, that's it. It was a prayer for peace about what I have and what I am and what I can do. And the ability to allow the rest to <i> peacefully... fall... away</i>. To feel no loss or regret about those things. Doesn't that sound nice?</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="color: #4c1130; text-align: center;"><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><b><i> The L<span style="font-size: xx-small;">ORD</span> preserves the simple;<br />
I was brought low, and He saved me. </i></b></div></div><div style="color: #4c1130; text-align: center;"><b><i>Return to your rest, O my soul,<br />
For the L<span style="font-size: xx-small;">ORD</span> has dealt bountifully with you. </i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #4c1130;">Psalm 116:6-7 </span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18385626453578114488noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3574301735610958346.post-44298264863544794482011-04-20T22:30:00.002-04:002011-04-20T22:43:06.947-04:00We Meet at Last<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5sxUNEH_W54iMM0TX6LAn_AgY7lYVAcEpw2MJQJudzXSA_81YijqjPW0L4xUdfCGmjrQAsXVm1sitKBHnq2VyBDbmW8KsiCVLFRWoh_2AuGJj6Ug9MDkLd6Ik9yMxVFv0UnjR9TNIHrek/s1600/DSCN0419-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5sxUNEH_W54iMM0TX6LAn_AgY7lYVAcEpw2MJQJudzXSA_81YijqjPW0L4xUdfCGmjrQAsXVm1sitKBHnq2VyBDbmW8KsiCVLFRWoh_2AuGJj6Ug9MDkLd6Ik9yMxVFv0UnjR9TNIHrek/s400/DSCN0419-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">In these long gazes, an understanding is established... </div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">A lifetime of love and kinship stretches before us...<br />
I love you without question or exception.<br />
I am yours and you are mine. </div>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18385626453578114488noreply@blogger.com2