Heart

When I woke up this morning it was misty outside and I knew that I couldn’t miss it because I love mornings like this. I came down to the living room to find Roxanne and Evelyn already awake and reading some of the Bible story books and I asked Roxanne if she wanted to go...Read More

The book, RICH Learning: Brain-Based Learning on Arts-Based Platforms  was highly recommended to me so I read it a couple weekends ago.  It was perfect timing because we were about to start our new school year.  Although what I learned from the book wasn’t super novel since I have learned many of the same principles from Well-Educated Heart,...Read More

There are a few things that I have found myself consistently noticing and feeling awe and wonder about this summer, and therefore pulling out my camera to capture the beauty of… mushrooms, moss, skies, and rain. We have had an interesting year so far as far as rain goes.  It seemed to be a drier...Read More

I love it when the physical things in my life have meaning embedded in them. Several months ago I started thinking about how I wanted the covers of my notebooking binders to have a significant meaning to me because they have become priceless treasures and I wanted the binder itself to reflect that (this probably...Read More

Several years ago, when I was preparing to leave home and go to college, I was feeling very down. I knew that there would be many talented people at the college where I was going and I did not feel like I fit that mold at all. I didn’t feel like I had any talents....Read More

A few weeks ago I read a quote that someone shared from the Music book in the Mother’s Learning Library about concentration.  It really stood out to me.  I wrote about it here.   Then a few days later, in looking for an entirely different quote in the Catch the Vision book, I stumbled across another...Read More

I wrote this poem about Roxanne and made this little video in Hawaii. Sums her up pretty well… Island Roxanne Roxanne is off all by herself; We wonder where she went. Peek through the window just to see, That girl in her element. She’s wandering about the yard, Noticing it all. Nature is her happy...Read More

I wrote another poem that was inspired by gardens… Pathways to Knowledge The Spirit said to Nephi, Look! And Nephi looked and saw. Directed where to look and see, He was taught by God. You too are given chances, To see and know the things of God. The tree of life lies up ahead; Walk...Read More