Have you ever wondered why people who have been married for many years (like 30) get divorced? I have a friend who explained what sometimes happens this way:

• The couple is in love and gets married. Children come along.
• The husband gets busy building his career.
• The wife pours herself into the children.
• The children grow up. The wife turns back to her husband, but he is no longer there.

I am concerned that, in this very child-centric society in which we live, this may be happening far too often, even in Christian and home schooling families. The pressure that our culture puts on families about what children “need” can cause us to put our relationships with our husbands on the back burner.Continue Reading

After I graduated from college, it was several years before I picked up a book to read just for fun. I was burned out from reading so much that was required, mostly textbooks that were not usually the most interesting reads.

Besides, I wasn’t raised reading books. In fact when my parents moved out of the house I grew up in, I was surprised to find that there had been a complete set of the Chronicles of Narnia in my home–books that I now love but that I had not heard of until I watched “The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe” cartoon version on TV as an adult.Continue Reading

Last week Tim, Stephanie, and I went to the George W. Bush Presidential Library in Dallas. It was time well spent as we took a trip down memory lane into some not-so-distant history. It was very well done, using technology at its finest and having displays and activities for people of all ages.

In the years of my formal education, I never really liked history much. It always seemed to me to be only about wars and dates–not very interesting. I blame that, in part anyway, on the fact that many of my history teachers were coaches, and for some reason it just wasn’t their first love. 😛Continue Reading