The first line of the song is all it takes. Sleep my love, and peace attend thee. Yeah, just those 7 words in the first line. And, immediately, my time travel machine transports me back to the eighth grade. And when I hear the rest of the first verse, I see the 13 and 14 year old version of me. Working, for hours and … The rest of the story…
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I’m gonna share some homeschool inspiration with you. Maybe it won’t thrill you the way it does me. But I think it should. Because it’s encouraging to see more parents picking up on the despicable things being regurgitated in public schools. I found this homeschool inspiration in a blurb on X. The info is about Colorado, where I was born and lived for decades. … The rest of the story…
Here are the lyrics about the one-of-a-kind horse you’ll only find in this song and a kid’s imagination. The Peppermint Pony I cast my gaze into the bright sky That slowly fades into the night sky. Stars like sparkling candy twinkle in my mind’s eye. My pony’s red with a white stripe. We’re riding down through a snow pipe. Snowflakes flicker around me; the … The rest of the story…
I’ve shared the story before how my younger brother and I lived with my grandparents, my dad’s parents, for a little while. This was way back closer to the middle of the last century. In Norman, Oklahoma. And my parents were getting divorced. So my dad made sure my brother and I had a stable home to stay in while they went through the … The rest of the story…
It isn’t scientific. And it rhymes. So my book about the first 6 days of creation might not be appropriate for the intellectual Christian. But I wouldn’t be surprised if the apostle Paul would enjoy reading it. And I might even go as far as to say I don’t even think Jesus would have a problem with it. And He was the only one … The rest of the story…
I can still remember something special about that evening, at my great Aunt Bubba and Uncle Ollie’s house (yes, we actually called them that). And that’s in spite of the fact that I was only about four years old, almost 7 decades ago. My mom had just given my younger brother and me a bath. And she was about to take me out to … The rest of the story…
As I write this, the last gasp of summer, officially, is taking place. Tomorrow marks, the autumnal equinox, also known as the first day of autumn or first day of fall. My favorite time of year. It sounds funny to say last gasp of summer. But that’s the kind of phrase lots of people use to describe when something is on its way out. … The rest of the story…