Several years ago, I homeschooled my two oldest children for two years. After much prayer, we decided to put them into public school (they actually were selected in the lottery for a charter school!) after a very rough year (Raegan was born during the school year and I had post partum depression). Julie was inContinueContinue reading “Embarking on Homeschooling”
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Searching for the Perfect Christmas Tree
Every year like Clark and his family, we load up the family truck and head out “to select the most important of Christmas symbols,” the Beard family Christmas tree. Tree lots or trees in the box don’t do it for us. Nope. We need to do it like our fore-fathers. We get out into theContinueContinue reading “Searching for the Perfect Christmas Tree”
It would be an honor: 4 qualities to implement in our lives
Recently, Carissa and I had a proud parenting moment. We attended the induction ceremony for the local chapter of the National Honor Society to watch our oldest daughter, Julie, be inducted. It was both an exciting and proud moment for us as parents. Julie had been downplaying the event and was even surprised that allContinueContinue reading “It would be an honor: 4 qualities to implement in our lives”
That Shalom Life 