Just when we think we can finally see the light at the end of a school year, the thought of fall rears its ugly head. We are home schooling mothers; therefore, we must do all things perfectly. We must have the right curriculum next year; we must have it planned out, for each day, ten…
Veteran Home Schoolers
By Debbie Salter Home School Parent Impacts City Council Decision The League City Council voted 4-2 on April 27, 2010, to modify the Curfew for Minors ordinance to eliminate the daytime curfew in League City for one year to see if it has an impact on the juvenile daytime crime statistics. This change required a…
By Kristi Kronz Gardening can be a solitary venture. Some of my most difficult life circumstances have been prayed through while alone on my hands and knees in my walled, kitchen garden, fingernails filled with soil and the fragrance of sweet peas and cilantro mingling with the taste of tears. Most families have only a…
Here’s your breakfast!” said Mom, as she cheerfully placed in front of her awakening children a plate covered with smooth refried beans and a little dollop of molasses. The children went suddenly silent. This was new. However, they had been taught not to complain, so they dutifully ate what was put before them. Yet, each…
As a young man, I considered going into the ministry, but after two years of study at a divinity school I moved back to Texas and began the long process of figuring out how to become a writer. Since 1983, I have been employed by a dog named Hank. In the process of building an…
