Thoughts on living, learning, and loving

  • stormy waters mercy God

    Mercy!

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    Mercy ! What do you do when God is silent ?! “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, so far from my cries of anguish? My God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer, by night, but I find no rest.” ~ Psalm 22:1-2 Is there anything much worse than God’s apparent silence when your heart is breaking, or terrified, or wounded and betrayed ? Where is He, the One who promised to never leave your side,  when  life is spinning out of control, and your heart is pounding in your mouth, and your mind is screaming…

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  • mom blowing bubbles

    Charlotte Mason on Play

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    Charlotte Mason on Play… It might just surprise you what she had to say ! “Let the mother go out and PLAY !” Charlotte Mason understood a lot about children….she also understood a lot about moms.  I found this to be some advice that I need to take to heart! “If mothers could learn to do for themselves what they do for their children…we should have happier households. Let the mother go out to play! If she would only have courage to let everything go when life becomes too tense, and just take a day, or half a day, out in the fields, or with a favourite book, or in a picture…

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  • Fields of Daisies Day

    Favorites for a Fields of Daisies Friday !

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    It’s Friday Favorites! More fun ideas for more fields of daisies days! If you are just stopping by for the first time, you may be wondering what in the world I mean by  “fields of daisies” days.      🙂 Welcome to my cozy corner of Bloglandia! Click on over  [HERE]  to read what these wonderful days are all about,  then come back and sit and stay awhile! I’m so glad you’ve found Fields of Daisies ! I hope you will enjoy the free  UNITS  I’m posting,  my favorite homeschooling finds, and most of all, I hope you will find some encouragement to keep on living, loving, and learning with your family!…

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