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One thing Jamie does really well is point to God’s plan for our children as a crucial reason to homeschool. The Bible can’t be all we teach our children, but it should be the most important part, and this book demonstrates an author who has a close relationship with God and His word. We want our purpose for our educational choices to line up with God’s purpose behind homeschooling. We do that by growing as disciples ourselves, and then we use God’s word as a focus for how we teach our children to do life.

While the movie had difficult scenes to watch, I wasn’t left shattered as much as empowered to make a difference in the fight against abortion. The director’s father, a pro-choice Jewish man, was so overcome by the barrel scene that he changed his entire stance on abortion from that one seemingly innocuous scene. Telling the truth about abortion is powerful and necessary, but so is telling the truth about Planned Parenthood. I have always been against abortion, but I wasn’t always pro-life.

Start a load of laundry first thing every morning, by the time breakfast is ready and you’re dressed for the day, the laundry is often ready to toss in the dryer. It’s tempting to procrastinate and just keep fluffing them day after day, but using my method, even the most challenging loads only take about 10 minutes to fold. Just have kids use the mesh bags as laundry bags for socks throughout the week (maybe clip them to hamper) and you won’t lose socks anymore. End your school day a little earlier and let your child spend 30-60 minutes of the day reading while you vacuum or tackle a chore that needs more than 10 minutes.

As the mother to a daughter, no challenge seems greater to me than raising girls to be powerful women of God. Womanhood is intensely difficult and beautiful and humbling and empowering