I'm not a mom and I don't know if I ever will be, but I cannot remember a time before I stepped (or toddled) into my role of big sister. My younger siblings are two, three, six, ten, eleven and twelve years younger than I, and came into our family from all over the world. We have skin tones at our ... read more
The School of Servanthood
I was fifteen when I finished my last high school textbook. I set it down with a huge sigh of relief. School was one of the greatest drains on my time. There were so many things I wanted to do—write books, travel, plant gardens, teach children…who has time for schoolwork?My parents, however, ... read more
What Next?
When I graduated from high school, decided to study Communications in college, and people asked me what I wanted to do with that degree, I answered, "I want to work for a magazine or a newspaper." Then in my junior year, I took an internship that had me writing for the university magazine and ... read more
From the Rearview Mirror: 10 Things I’d Tell The College Me
See that girl there? She's seventeen; strong hands grip the wheel of her daddy's Cadillac, and she's barely out of the driveway. That's her own never-known-another house in her window. But in the windshield, well, that's a whole different view. You see, that picture was taken the summer I graduated ... read more
the heart of education
The end of January and the start of February are, in Australia, crazy times. After Australia Day on the 26th of January, a new school year begins for everyone from kindergarten to year twelve. A month later (give or take a couple of weeks), tertiary students head to university to begin or round out ... read more
A Time of Refreshing
When Christmas break rolls around, I rejoice because not only did I survive a semester (and final exams!), but I have a whole month to go before classes begin again. However, I realize I only have a month before classes begin again! Which means I want to buy next semester's textbooks early, and make ... read more
In Defense of Rest
This summer I felt the Lord leading me to do something I've never done before. Translation: He challenged, and I balked. Story of my life. The task? Something simple, something Scriptural, something like...setting apart a Sabbath. It was summertime, but every time I thought of the upcoming semester, ... read more
What I Learned from the MBTI Alphabet Soup: I’m a J
What Didn't Surprise Me It wasn't my type that surprised me.When I took the MBTI (Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, a highly-esteemed personality assessment test) during a class last year, I was told I was an "INFJ." Introverted, Intuitive, Feeling, and Judging. I immediately nodded, agreeing.I ... read more
A Visual Learner
I listened intently to the sermon on First John, wishing for the third consecutive Sunday that our pastor put a more detailed outline on the PowerPoint. My mind kept getting lost in the “transcription” process as I mentally tried to picture the words of the sermon as I heard them. By the end of the ... read more
Learning Styles: One Homeschooling Momma’s Inadvertent Journey
by Simply Darlene God, the Creator of the heavens and the earth and all the animals of the sea and the birds of the air and the critters of dry land, is also the One who made man. And in making us, He created us in His image (Genesis 1:27); but, He also swiped both our outsides and our insides with ... read more
