Three years ago our family embarked on a two-year homeschooling adventure (planned) and I had the first of two lumpectomy surgeries for breast cancer (unplanned). Standing at a dramatic fork on life’s road, we threw away our old map and drew a new one that changed the way we saw the world. Little did we realize that “skipping middle school” would not only turn out to be the best thing for 12-year-old Natalie, but for all of us. Quite a few people have asked us, “How in the world did you manage to home school while going through cancer treatment?” To tell the truth, we can’t imagine what going…
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Little Flights Lead to Big Flights
Last year at exactly this time, we had two fledgling mourning doves living in our garden. This year, we had one. He or she became so comfortable with us that we could walk right past and call out, “Hi, Junior,” and it would acknowledge our presence without hopping away. We could tell it was getting ready to spread its wings last week when it made it to the top of the garage roof. Then, three days ago, William and I noticed that it was perched atop a telephone wire. We knew it was nearly ready to leave the safety of our garden. Sure enough, we couldn’t find “Junior” in our…
