What an honor to be featured in Cindy Rushton's "Time for Tea" e-zine this month!  (Does anyone know how to punctuate an "e-zine"?  Do you underline or quote it?)  As she says, we go waaaaaaaaaaay back...but we're not old .  (Quite honestly, I'm older than she is  .)  She's not the first homeschooler I met, but she is the first homeschooler I knew.  We became precious friends during a difficult time in my life, and I hold dear those days we sat at the park watching our children play.  She taught me to smock there!  (I still have my pleater, though I haven't used it in quite some time.)  O, yeah, we also spent quite a bit of time talking .  (What fun!)  Our time together was short as my husband and I moved to various places of service, and she moved to North Alabama.  Unfortunately, we lost touch for a while.  Then, about a year and a half ago, a friend of mine sent me some info about a newsletter for teens written by Elisabeth Rushton.  Now that name (and spelling) rang a bell.  But the Elisabeth Rushton I knew was only about three years old, wasn't she?  Much too young to be putting out a newletter.  Time sure had gotten away from me, for it was the same Elisabeth Rushton.  Then I discovered that Cindy's writing career and ministry had blossomed into full bloom and was incredibly blessed.  When I saw her articles on "Homeschooling the Easy Way" on her Mom2Mom Discussion Board I knew I'd found a gold mine.  I've since implemented many of her ideas into my own homeschool.  She is a precious jewel, and I can tell you, she always has been. So, thanks, Cindy, for the plug.  And thank you for sharing your "Let's Make Decorated Journals" with me!

Love ya!!!!!

Drewe Llyn

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"Let's Make Decorated Journals"

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