In the Lost Tools of Writing we learn about the five common topics. These topics are 5 categorical questions that we ask in order to invent something. Asking questions is essential for thinking. I tell my children that there is a world of difference between the man who enters a room saying, “this is nice” […]
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Do what you love and you’ll never work a day in your life. That’s how the idiom goes. This seems to be the career goal of every person in my generation. While the motivating factor for this saying may bring us to a place of finding work we love, it also ignores a very real
I have a confession. As an older parent, I find myself becoming, what my oldest son would call, lenient. This digression was something I disliked in my own parents. Instead of rectifying my behavior though, I’ve found myself analyzing the change and seeking to understand what’s happening. My confession is this: I’m mostly okay with
It’s ironic how a homeschooling mother can carry around this immense amount of guilt surrounding how little time she spends with her kids. She is with her toddlers all the time. She meets their needs every second of the day, yet, she may still feel as though she isn’t doing enough. A mother of high
Preparing for this up-coming school year has looked different than all the years before. It seemed to me, for a long time, that the grammar stage would just last forever. Getting comfortable with days that aren’t as successful as I would have liked them to be took a while, but it happened. After years of
