May. 2, 2008
Things I am Willing to Pay For
Posted in Single Moms as Keepers at Home
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Okay, I've been thinking about the whole thing about loving and homeschooling for FREE whenever possible. I love FREE there is no doubt about it. It just makes it easier to use our limited cash money for the things that must be purchased. I've also been thinking that there are some things that are worth paying for, brand new. Not many but a few. One of those things is Home School Legal Defense Membership. If I couldn't buy anything else for homeschooling, this would be a must have. Fortunately, the Lord has graciously provided this, often at a reduced cost to my family. I have had a membership almost the entire time I've homeschooled. I would go without other supplies before I would go without this. Another thing that I would pay for - now that I've been blessed with a gift subscription to it - is a subscription to the website MathWorksheetSite. Limitless math work pages to reinforce concepts. I have recommended their free section to many, many people. And I tend not to recommend things that I don't use myself. We use this one ALOT! Having only briefly experienced the value of their subscription page -- I'm telling you it is worth the $25 a year. I will be working this into our future homeschooling budget as well. Right now, I can't think of much else I would pay for or feel that we must have to homeschool -- maybe internet service, but I get mine for a ridiculously low price ($4.95/mo) so I'm not sure that really counts. That is one of those "nearly" free things anyway. Everything else, I definitely get for free or for as little as I can possibly spend. I love to barter, trade, borrow -- but also to share. This past year I had the opportunity to bless several homeschooling families by sharing volumes of my Saxon that we weren't using as well as other books. It just reminded me that no matter how little we have - if we let the Lord, He can use what we do have for His glory to be a blessing to others. How has the Lord used you to bless others? Have you hindered Him from allowing you to be a blessing, by blocking the channel through which His blessings flow? Blessings, MaggieRaye |
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Posted by Anonymous