Wear Your Motherhood Capes Proudly

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  By definition, a superhero is an exceptionally skillful or successful person.  We, as a society, take it to mean anyone who steps up and does what is needed in times of adversity or emergency.  Superheroes can be found in all walks of life.  They don’t have to be just limited to medical professionals, the
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Upping Christmas

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  With a year like 2020, we are all wanting a little joy. We want to look for the good in the world.  We want to embrace happiness. My family and I are choosing to embrace the holiday season.  The tree has been decorated, Christmas music has been playing since the beginning of November, and
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Homeschooling the Masses

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  Homeschooling is a very popular word right now.  With the recent COVID-19 pandemic, schools have been forced to shut down, resulting in students working from home.  Suddenly, my news feed is full of parents talking about homeschooling their children, and part of me wants to shake my head. I do not want to minimalize
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Finding an Outlet

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  Since I was 14 years old, I have worked in some capacity or another. I babysat for various families, I worked at a grocery store, as a waitress, in my college’s payroll department. I worked as a tutor and teacher. There has never been a moment in life that I wasn’t working outside of
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Homeschool Love

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When I tell people that I homeschool my children, I am met with one of two responses. “Wow, that is great.” “There is no way that I could ever do that with my children.” Occasionally, someone will surprise me, but those are the general responses I hear. I will admit that sometimes I respond with
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Celebrating Special Days to Increase Excitement in Homeschool

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  My children love homeschooling. However, since they began their school endeavors in public school, there are some aspects that they miss. One of the things that my children miss about public school is the special events such as wacky hair day and classroom parties. We started celebrating holidays by having our own parties and
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Twenty Homeschool Resolutions for 2020

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The New Year is here. A New Year provides us with a clean slate, per se. We use the New Year as an opportunity to change and to grow. We make resolutions about everything from our health to our finances. This year, I am making resolutions about our family’s homeschool. Actually, I am making twenty
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