Category: 31 Days of WHY

Let me begin by saying that I have no problem with homeschooling. I have many friends who do it, most of them very well. But y’all. I cannot. I just can.not. And why do I say this? Why can’t I homeschool? It’s entirely due to the daily horror that is homework. I have always despised...

After a jam-packed day, I just spent almost 3 hours at the school for an evening PTO meeting and a meet-the-candidates night for the upcoming school board elections. Y’all. It was really cool. We have a great district. There was good discussion. There were great questions. I learned a lot. Some teachers were there....

Is it just me, or have you also noticed that people don’t TALK to each other anymore? There’s little chit chat and virtually no dialogue at all. Instead, we live on the ends of a spectrum. It has ignoring other people completely on one end and violently in-your-face confrontations on the other. Clearly, neither...

I finished making applesauce a week or so ago. It was a lot of work. It always is. And it may not seem like it’s worth it. Which is why my sister teased, “You know, Shan, they sell applesauce in the store.” Hahaha. She’s hilarious. (Actually, she totally is.) But for all that they sell applesauce...

This morning, I got up at 7:15 (or a little later), exercised, showered, ate breakfast, looked over the Children’s church message I’m supposed to teach tomorrow and then left to get Erin for her ball games. We were at the ball field from 9:30 until 1:30. Then (as it was the last day of...