Susan K. Stewart

Susan K. Stewart

Serving God by Serving Others

Winter is coming: Are you ready?

It’s hard to think about fall and winter preparation when the temperatures are above 100 degrees. The fact is that in about six weeks, fall is here. Actually, all I want to do is think about staying … [Read more...]

Parent Adult Children – Sibling Rivalry

“You don’t know how lucky you are.” Once again I had my three children lined up on the couch after another bout of sibling mayhem. “I would have given anything to have had a brother or sister. I … [Read more...]

Learning in the Dirt

Summertime is here. Yet many of us still want our children to continue learning. What better way to learn than getting our hands dirty? Dirty in the garden. A garden is full of many lessons from how … [Read more...]

Let’s Get Dirty

Last night we were at a neighborhood bar-b-que and the children were running around enjoying being outdoors without adult intervention. As we were watching the joy of these children, maybe even … [Read more...]

Play: Key to College Success

The other day my cat was stuck in a tree. He had no idea how to get out. How does that happen? He didn’t get to play in trees when he was a kitten. We lived in coyote country. Not just a few howls at … [Read more...]

Blogs are for writers, too

This post contains affiliate links. Please see my disclosure statement. We writers have a lot of demands on our time: marketing, social media, and blogging. Frankly, most of us want to just … [Read more...]

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Homeschool – Why Am I Doing This?

Someone once said, "If you're not sure where you're going, any train will get you there." Recently I took a train trip to New York City. I knew where I was going and what train to use to get there. I … [Read more...]

Preschool Curriculum? Not!

(This post contains affiliate links. See my disclosures for more information.) It amazes me that preschool has come to dominate much of the education conversation. The media has become a PR outlet … [Read more...]

Keep Christ in Christmas … Cookies

It’s baking time. It’s gift-giving time. Many of us combine the two traditional activities by baking cookies and giving them as gifts. How often, though, do we bake ourselves into a frenzy on one … [Read more...]