• Leadership & Personal Development

    Motivation–Guest Post

    I’m super excited to introduce you to our guest–our son, Ephram. Jonathan and Ephram have a weekly commitment in which Ephram reads from a classic book for 30 minutes a day for 3 days, then writes his thoughts on what he read. He specifically looks for leadership traits in the characters. As a reward, Ephram gets 30 extra minutes of screen time. One of the books he has been reading recently is called Edge by Chris Brady and Orrin Woodward. It is full of short articles and stories and pictures and quotes that are designed to teach young people the principles of self-improvement. This post is one of the papers…

  • Family & Homeschool

    5 Things To Do To Survive the Tough Days of Motherhood

    Being a mom is hard work!   There are days when we lock ourselves in the bathroom just to have a few minutes of peace.   Or days when we can’t wait until dad comes home so we can pass the kid duties off to him.   Or days where it seems like the only thing we hear is kids fighting and complaining.   There are even days when we want to throw in the towel and sell the kids to the gypsies.   There are a lot of tough parts of motherhood.   So, what keeps us going? What motivates us to get out of bed and face another…