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  • #morethanaspouse

    This post first appeared on Branching Out, by the National Military Family Association. When we entered the world of military service, now, almost five years ago, I set aside my part-time career as an adjunct English instructor at my alma mater. This was a job I enjoyed for almost eight years; a job for which Continue reading

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  • A Promise

    At this time nine years ago I was in active labor and was ready to push and deliver our final child, a girl. At 4:03 pm on August 30, 2007, nearly five weeks before her official due date, Katherine Anne Wood made her entrance into the world at exactly 7.0 pounds; a number that Biblically Continue reading

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  • 2016-2017 Homeschool Resources

    Every year I try to type up a post of what we plan to cover for the year, if not a complete curriculum list. I didn’t have the forethought to do it for 2011-2012. (I did, however, have the forethought to buy a denim jumper and fix my hair like Michelle Duggar and write about Continue reading

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  • American Home School Ninja Warrior [July]

    In 2015, I committed to a project and series for my blog called Teach Them Diligently. It was a way to keep myself accountable to teaching and training our kids in good habits and building not only their confidence, but also a way to move them toward intentional independence. We all enjoyed the process. Here Continue reading

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  • Experiment update || 05 ||

    Today marks nine weeks of this proposed 180 day, four month experiment…I’m roughly halfway through the time I set out to realign some things in my life. {excerpt from April 24} For example, I’d tell you that my spiritual life is of foremost importance and yet, I have not practiced regular, disciplined Bible study most Continue reading

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  • Experiment Update || 04 ||

    Summer is trucking right along. It’s already the second week of June and I know August and back-to-school will be here before we know it. Our summer has been very full so far. Immediately following our Hawaii trip, we all went to Williamsburg with Ryan’s folks. We returned home and the very next day, Thomas Continue reading

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  • Experiment Update || 03 ||

    As the school year ended I began to think about what I hoped our summer would look like. I also began to reflect in general; ever wondering if what I say I want my life to look like is actually what it is. Essentially, I asked myself, “Do my actions and time reflect what’s most Continue reading

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  • Hawaii

    We are all five finally back under one roof after almost two weeks of being here, there, and yonder. I wanted to write a post here of our Hawaii trip to document one heck-of-an-adventure. One of the greatest perks of military life (in my opinion) is the opportunities that come along to travel. Just six Continue reading

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  • Celebrating Five Years of W.A.C.K.

    We ended our school year several days ago, but due to life’s busyness we just got around to having our celebratory party Friday night. I kept is fairly simple as we tied a bow on another school year. I do these little parties for the kids, but also for myself, and for Ryan. They are Continue reading

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  • Back To Work – End of School Year Edition

    It’s no new news that I went back to work this year as a full-time college English instructor. It was one of those opportunities that landed in my lap a week before classes began and instead of teaching the three sections of composition classes per semester I’d already committed to teaching, I ended up teaching Continue reading

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