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  • A Review of Simply Charlotte Mason’s Spelling Wisdom and Using Language Well
  • A Review of ‘100+ Easy and Fun Creative Nature Walks’ and a coupon code just for you!
  • The Truth about our Plans
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    Grocery Store Gospel

    I work at a grocery store part-time and today, the weekend before Christmas, was BUSY.  The till whines an incessant tune of: BEEP – turkey – BEEP – stuffing – BEEP – cranberries – BEEP – flour – BEEP – butter – BEEP – sugar… I smile at an endless stream of faces and peek into lives as they enter my world for a few short minutes.  Today, people are weary.  Weary with work and overwhelmed with crowds.  It feels like a sea of people, in the same place but with no togetherness. I see a little girl in polka dots at the checkout in front of me.  She’s about three…

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    The Only Kids in the Creek

    It was a pretty normal morning. Our three children and I were wading through a close-by stream, searching for little creatures.  We were quite the sight – large rubber boots, nets, and nature jars in our hands.  But we had success – a toad – croaking loudly.   As we emerged from a treed space, I noticed a large group of children of all ages lined at the edge of the water.  “Must be a homeschool group” was my first assumption – I’d never seen children here during a school day.   Our children are always the only kids in the creek.  Upon asking a young blond boy, I was pleasantly…

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    Tilling the Soul.

    I get it.  The theraputic nature of gardening.  I didn’t always.  The grit of the soil between my fingers, it now connects me deeply to God’s earth.  The tilling of the ground – an act as ancient as time.  And I do it this week. Hardened dirt lays before me.  Naked and grassless in a small area, maybe 6ft by 4ft in our messy, unkept, but gloriously green backyard.  But not this patch.  It’s dead brown.  We need to plant seed – so I start to till.  On a sunny, cool morning, I just start hitting the soil.  Me, a three-pronged weapon and bare dirt – we have a date. WHACK. …

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Hey, I'm Cassandra... wife to Wes and homeschool Mama to five awesome kiddos. I'm so glad you're here. This is my humble place to share about family, faith, homeschooling, unplugging, and this crazy journey called life...

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