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Like SunraysPosted at 12:32 AM on December 28, 2009
That is pretty powerful! I have always loved the sun... that just adds more meaning to it!  ©AmandaDixon2009 Don't Worry...Posted at 12:42 PM on December 24, 2009
Matthew 6:27, 34  I am going to like today is my last day, and tomorrow is too late, say goodbye to yesterday! Live this moment like its my last, leave things in the past, and make no more regrets! ©AmandaDixon2009 No Homeschooling, No Christmas for the Johansson FamilyPosted at 11:33 AM on Dec. 24, 2009
As you celebrate Christmas this year, please remember all the parents who are still fighting for their right to homeschool, and for parents who have had their children taken from them by force without just cause because they homeschooled their children--like the Johansson family of Sweden. This Christmas we can rest easy knowing that the gifts that we bought for our children will help further their education or offer a new way for your family to have fun together. The Johanssons have been denied Christmas with their only child, and so much more.
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Tia Linschied Senior Editor of HSB Wordless Wednesday: Mini Me and MePosted at 11:37 PM on December 22, 2009
Gentle As A DovePosted at 10:50 PM on December 21, 2009
"Gentle as a dove". We have all heard that saying. While I cannot stand the sound of doves, I know that they are extremely loyal and gentle creatures. I am not a gentle person by nature. I don't have a syrupy voice, my hands aren't soft and dainty, I am not petite and tiny. Physically I do not look gentle, and sometimes my spirit isn't gentle either. Actually... lately, I haven't been gentle at all, and Mom has had to get on to me about being gentler. I really need to like memorize:
 Proverbs 15:1I've come to realize most of the time I do not answer gently. That is not good. I have been thinking lately about being gentle. I am going to be a mama soon and I want to be so gentle and loving to my sweeties. I don't want to raise my voice at them and be harsh. I don't want to be harsh to them, I want to be gentle. Gentleness is not only a physical attribute, but a spiritual and behavior attribute. It also shows others that we are chosen of God. Colossians 3:12I want everything I do to show that I am a child of God and that its Him they see, not me. When I am harsh to anyone, I am not showing them the gentleness of our loving God. If you are a believer and follower of Christ, then you must be gentle to everyone! 2 Timothy 2:24-26We are supposed to be gentle, kind and inclined to teach others. By doing those things we show everyone how they can be brought out of the snare of satan and into the hand of God. When we are gentle physically we cause others to be gentle. When I am harsh to someone, I get harshness back and then I want to return the harshness. It is a vicious cycle. When someone is harsh, show gentleness to them and you will show gentleness.  Titus 3:2Being gentle is holding your temper when you want to be harsh to someone, being gentle is biting your tongue when you want to yell at your sibling, being gentle is being tender. I am trying to be more gentle in the way I talk, act, behave, and carry myself. I want to be gentle. Jesus was gentle. He spake softly and was very gentle with everyone He came in contact with. I want to be like my Savior and I want to be gentle! Ephesians 4:2I need to learn that and do it! ©AmandaDixon2009 Whiter Than SnowPosted at 1:52 PM on December 19, 2009
 that is what I woke up... if you know me, you know I DO NOT LIKE SNOW! So I complained (*gasp*) about it on my Facebook and promptly got a smack about complaining about it. First Mom said I need to learn to be positive about it then MamaArcher told me to go look up these Scriptures:
Psalms 51:7Ok... so I need to stop complaining about the snow since it serves as a reminder that I am clean in His sight and my sins are no more. HalleluYah! What a blessed sign from our Savior! Sometimes we just need a little smack upside our heads to come back to where we need to be. ©AmandaDixon2009
Special Needs Children: Bring Them Home Where They BelongPosted at 6:18 PM on Dec. 17, 2009
More abusive teachers are in the news, this time two teachers tortured and abused several special needs children in their care--children who couldn't speak out about what was happening to them.
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Parents, even your special needs children deserve to be at home where it is safe, and where you can be there to protect them. Homeschooling special needs children can be done! Check out these resources to start:
Tia Linschied Senior Editor of HSB Do You See What I See?Posted at 5:40 PM on December 17, 2009
I was putting some laundry in the washer in our *NEW* laundry room (YAY!) and lifted my head and saw this: 
Background Checks for Homeschoolers?Posted at 10:16 PM on Dec. 16, 2009
World Net Daily reports that just may become the case for British parents who wish to homeschool their children. The law stems, in part, to a problem that some parents are using homeschooling as a way to disguise abuse. However, what the law doesn't stipulate is what is required to pass a background check, it invades the rights and privacy of parents, and presumes them guilty until proven innocent.
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As I've said before, there are already laws in place--in both Britain and the U.S.--in regards to child abuse. Government agencies are refusing to back those laws up. While there are several homeschool parents in Britain who are in agreement with making tighter restrictions on themselves in order to get rid of the few who give them a bad name, they need to recognize that this bill isn't really about protecting them. It's about a government trying to find ways to slow homeschooling down--period. Find out which parties and agencies are backing this bill and I think you'll find they aren't, and never have been, friendly to homeschooling. Tia Linschied Senior Editor of HSB Wordless Wednesday: My Little Boy BluePosted at 12:10 AM on December 16, 2009
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