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Love

Posted by Brenda Hoffman on Tuesday, August 23, 2011, In : encouraging words 
If I live in a house of spotless beauty with everything in its place, but have not love - I am a housekeeper, not a homemaker.
If I have time for waxing, polishing and decorative achievements, but have not love - my children learn of cleanliness, not godliness.
Love leaves the dust in search of a child's laugh.
Love smiles at the tiny fingerprints on a newly cleaned window.
Love wipes away the tears before it wipes up the spilled milk.
Love picks up the child before it picks up the toys.
Love is pr...
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Let Go & Let God

Posted by Brenda Hoffman on Monday, May 16, 2011, In : me and my family 




This is something that my unschooling journey is teaching me lately.  I've always been the go, go, go type of person but lately we've been home doing a lot less.  It's difficult for me to sit still but God is teaching me that there are plenty of things that I enjoy, which I haven't allowed myself to enjoy recently.  It's in these things that He's allowing me to have great pleasure again.

Why is this important to unschooling? 

As parents we set the stage for our children.  They are going to tak...
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Downtime – What I Do Offline to Recharge

Posted by Brenda Hoffman on Tuesday, April 19, 2011, In : Christian unschooling 
I seem to spend a lot of time online.  This is because I work at home as a freelance writer and blogger but I must admit that it has also led me to choose to unschool my daughter.  Of course, before you argue that this isn't a good reason to unschool, you should know that this is only one of my reasons and that there are many more as well.

So, you may wonder what I enjoy doing while I'm offline.  The funny thing here is that I actually blog about what I enjoy doing in my spare time.  I love sp...
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