Looking back at our first family picnic in August of 2011, I wonder if we had any idea we were joining something much larger than a great place to educate my children. My now-9th grade daughter reached out her then 5-year-old hand to quietly take the hand of our now-8th grade teacher. They walked and […]
All important…and none too much
The live oak boughs arch up and out from the rough gray-brown trunk which is sending its roots down deep below our yard. Vertical lines haphazard up the bark of the enormous base which four adults with outstretched arms cannot completely encircle. An arborist estimated the age of our oak to be about 130 years. […]
Evidence of Partnership
It was a surprising highlight of our first year at Ambleside. Our first Parent-Teacher Conference was in October of 2011 after three of our upper elementary children had been with their teachers for approximately nine weeks. The extent of my school interaction up to that point had been our admission interview and an afternoon picnic […]
I Am, I Can, I Ought, I Will
Thesis: We each are called into personal and community responsibilities to accomplish good work. I am, I can, I ought, I will Charlotte Mason’s original words, “I am a human being, one of God’s children; I can do right by my fellowmen and by myself; I ought so to do and God help me, I […]
Good and True and Holy Work
Chop, chop, slide. The steam rose as the freshly cut carrots joined the soft, golden onions simmering in the pot. The crisp, wet smell of celery mixed in from the chopping board as it, too, met the business end of this Momma’s knife. The zucchini needed prepped and the herbs were at standby when the […]