Nino’s Reading List, 2013-2014
Will be updating this regularly. Nino is 4 1/2. (no idea why this post is coming up empty. sigh. will fix later.)
Shakespeare!
A lot of our plans for Shakespeare for Yena (7th grade) come from the Spring 2009 issue of Mater et Magistra, which includes excellent material from fellow homeschooling moms, and even a special Shakespearean tea from Alice Gunther, so I won't be posting those here....
Homosexuality and Real Solutions
In Part 1, I talked about the band-aid solutions offered by popular culture being inadequate to address the prevention of same-sex attraction/homosexuality itself. Speaking to those causes listed by the Catholic Medical Association, I'd like to make the following...
Homosexuality and Band-Aid Solutions
Homosexuality is a deep, deep wound in the Body of Christ. It's not something that can be fixed with band-aid solutions. We need to get to the root of this wound, because that's the only way we can effectively deal with it, prevent it, and heal the Body of Christ. And...
Breaking It Down, 2013-2014
The other day I posted Yena's curriculum for this coming schoolyear and how we planned it. Today I'm posting a screenshot of the lessonplans-on-spreadsheet that I do every year for the kids. In 2011 I did a very detailed planner for my then-13-year-old who needed it....
Yena’s Curriculum (11, 7th grade) 2013-2014 / The Curriculum Planning Post
Haha. I was typing up the title for this post and had to stop and call Dad and Yena who are out on a biking trip (it's 7:35 am). I think I made a mistake somewhere along the line. When I was 11, I was in 5th grade.... Hm. I don't know if I accidentally made her skip a...
The BSA, Catholics, and Religious Freedom
Last year, my 17-year-old Eagle Scout came home every weekend in summer, bubbling with energy and ENTHUSIASM (that word is all-capped for a reason and Scouts will understand why), regaling us with stories of how he taught the young boys this and that at the Camp where...
The BSA Policy: One Step Forward, Two Giant Steps Back
Any discussion of child sexual abuse is difficult enough. In today's moral climate, add homosexuality to the mix and the conversation instantly turns pricklier, and it's tempting to just shut up. Hardly anyone wants to touch this baby, not with a ten-foot pole. But...
Strange Things are Happening at Facebook
Last week, I published a post about leaving FB for good. To my surprise, my friends were commenting in minutes, because apparently the post made it to their Facebook feed and appeared on my wall. My account was supposed to be deactivated, ergo, my wall should not have...
Betrayed in the Name of Tolerance
Betrayal always hurts, and hurts most when it happens at the hands of people you trust. But what are you supposed to do, when it happens because of misguided ideals? The recent policy change at the Boy Scouts of America forces us to take a look at the homosexuality...
Considering Leaving Facebook for Good
This just hit me today, so I don't know yet if it's merely a whim or if it's the Holy Spirit whispering in my ear. I even considered going back on FB just to post it there and ask my friends' opinions... and then thought better of it. Why would I do that?? Of course...
Give Them Binoculars
Found this video this morning. Just yesterday, Nino and I were lounging in the reading nook and looking out the windows into the trees to find squirrels and bird's nests, using a pair of binoculars. He also did some looking of his own. Guess what we're doing today.
A Mother’s Rule of Life, Revisited
At the beginning of Lent, I made a promise to myself and to God that I would emerge from Lent a new person. And in a some ways, I have. But there's a not-so-teensy part of my life that I haven't completely given over to God yet, and I need to get on the same page as...
Living Authentic Lives: Deep Conversion, Deep Prayer
He makes the weak of this world mighty only to the extent that they cooperate with a determined and resolute repentance. Might comes from cooperation with God's divine will. I've found this to be true in confronting venial sin in particular. When I do my best to...
Habemus Papam!!
Well, that was a short conclave!! Thank You, Holy Spirit! I don't know what we were expecting, but we sure didn't expect the text from Pope Alarm telling us about the WHITE SMOKE!! We all rushed in front of the computer and forgot all about lunch. It was already a...