Category Archives for "Mama’s Musings"

Learning Can Happen When We Get Out of the Way

By Holly Giles | homeschooling , Mama's Musings

Our school year is coming to a close for evaluations this summer. I technically school year round because of our schedule, but it is nice to feel like you are closing the door on a subject or math book, take a break and regroup. I had been having my yearly freak out that my boys […]

What Backing a Trailer Taught Me About Learning Styles

By Holly Giles | Family , homeschooling , Mama's Musings

Backing a trailer is not part of my skill set. My husband, Curtis seems to think that it is time for me to learn since we travel with one each summer. Our trips to conventions are more frequent and so are the odds something will happen on the road and he will need my help. […]

What Legacy of Marriage Do We Leave Our Children

By Holly Giles | Family , Inspiration , Mama's Musings

What legacy of marriage do we leave our children? In the day to day of our lives I don’t think we realize how all the little things add up to make the biggest impression.

Special Needs Journal: The Quiet Whispers

By Holly Giles | Family , Inspiration , Mama's Musings

The quiet whispers of “Is there something wrong” started when our first child, Grayson was a newborn. He cried for up to seventeen hours a day until he was about seven months old.

Modern Day Milk Maid

By Holly Giles | Family , Mama's Musings , molly green

I met Shanna Rae Horstmeyer and her two young boys during a homeschool field trip last year. She recognized my feed-sack purse and introduced herself. She said she had been saving feedbags to work with but had been too busy moving onto their farm. She wondered if I wanted to stop by and pick them […]

Jesus is Calling, at the McDonald’s Drive Thru

By Holly Giles | Family , Inspiration , Mama's Musings

Thursday morning was hectic. I had to get one boy ready for a trip and another prepared for a lawn job. All while trying to get myself put together in a dress. I had made two cups of coffee since 6:30 am, however I took one sip of the first, it was spilled, then I […]

Real Life Mom Confessions: Happy 4th and Merry Christmas

By Holly Giles | Family , Inspiration , Mama's Musings

I was flipping through Facebook and came across a post from a friend who had decorated her mantel for the 4th of July holiday. I loved looking at her photo she posted of all the red, white and blue decor and I admired her early planning. As I was scrolling Facebook I walked through my […]

Why Attend a Homeschool Convention? – A Perspective from the Other Side

By Holly Giles | Family , homeschooling , Inspiration , Mama's Musings

I avoided homeschool conventions for the first four years of schooling my boys at home. I was told “it will overwhelm you!”. Yes it was overwhelming and I got a serious migraine the first time I went to a large convention. All the curriculum choices, row after row of stuff that will make my kid […]

What Is All This Organizing For Anyway?

By Holly Giles | Family , Inspiration , Mama's Musings , popular

A few weeks before the holidays, Curtis and the boys went on a week long trip to visit friends. I had the house to myself for the first time since, well, I can’t remember! I had made a schedule of all I was going to accomplish while they were gone. Cleaning, like deep cleaning, organizing, […]

The Dirt and Ordinary Days

By Holly Giles | Family , homeschooling , Inspiration , Mama's Musings

Have you ever had one of those days, well, weeks when everything seems to be in a perpetual state of disarray? Yesterday was the tipping point for feeling […]

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