Maxine on May 18th, 2010

Back on April 28 I posted a prayer request regarding a baby who is expected to have serious physical problems.  The mom has given me permission to share more information.  Please continue to pray for this little one who is to be born around June 19.  Her mom and dad are Vicky and Guillermo Delgado [...]

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Maxine on April 28th, 2010

The daffodils and tulips are in bloom, the leaves are beginning to break forth, the robins are back and building nests, and the geese are staking out their territory in the pond across the road.  New life seems to be springing up everywhere as the spring season gently pushes the last vestiges of winter away [...]

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Maxine on February 3rd, 2010

Although my home education days are over as everyone grew up on me, I still follow a great plan for February!  It still works, whether you teach children at home or not!
There is no getting around it — February has impacted many of us.  Perhaps you are feeling it too!  Around our home FEBRUARY used [...]

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Maxine on February 3rd, 2010

Although my home education days are over as everyone grew up on me, I still follow a great plan for February!  It still works, whether you teach children at home or not!
There is no getting around it — February has impacted many of us.  Perhaps you are feeling it too!  Around our home FEBRUARY used [...]

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Maxine on January 28th, 2010

At first read of the title you might wonder what in the world “Curses or Praise” has to do with homeschooling, or the raising of children even if you are not a homeschooler, or with your life in general,  Well, it has a lot to do with them.  It just might be that some days [...]

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Maxine on January 20th, 2010

Now, lest you think we have lots of real estate that we must have lost, don’t panic. We don’t even own any real estate as we live in a church provided parsonage!  But, we have been reclaiming real estate nonetheless.
For a variety of reasons, this past five years our “one thing in, one thing out [...]

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Maxine on December 16th, 2009

There are probably some among the readers of this blog entry who are not quite in sync with the spirit and tune of “Deck the halls with boughs of holly, fa la la la la, la la la la.  This the season to be jolly, fa la la la la, la la la la!”  Their [...]

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