Our school – blow by blow

We have recently changed things up a bit in our school. This change came about mostly because Doug and I sensed that too much was falling on me, and I needed a bit of relief. We needed the kids to take more responsibility and work more independently. So when I saw a friend of mine […]

True religion

Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world. (Jas 1:27) YHVH has been so good to me. He gave me loving parents that took good care of me and raised me to love and serve […]

Homeschool Sale

I know I’ve been quiet lately. I haven’t even written my Sukkot post yet! But we have been very happily busy here. We are switching to the Robinson Curriculum and are very excited about it. This busy momma of six is so thrilled to see studious children working hard on their lessons and thriving! As […]

My top ten aspie tips

I know my blog is mostly about Torah Family Living, but asperger’s syndrome has become an integral part of our lives, and I know the same is true for many of you. We have been working with this whole asperger thing for about a year now, and have found some things that work. I hope […]

Sukkot, the feast of vulnerability

Sukkot is a mere 2 weeks away. What is the point? What is this feast about? How will we serve our Elohim this year? My vision is that we join together as one people serving the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I don’t care what your sukkah is built of. I don’t care if […]

Yom Teruah

And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak to the people of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall observe a day of solemn rest, a memorial proclaimed with blast of trumpets, a holy convocation. You shall not do any ordinary work, and you shall present a […]

Time for a shofar, shofar for a time

This is a reprint of an article from Torah family e-magazine. Enjoy! Time for a Shofar, Shofar for a Time by Jack Waid   I don’t claim to be an “expert” on any subject, especially when discussing issues from the scriptures. However, I do claim to have an understanding of one subject and it is […]

10 days of heart issues – question everything

Question everything What I am going to say in this post will probably not be well received. But I firmly believe it, so here goes. 🙂 Many of us were raised to trust the status quo, to believe what we are taught, to not get too curious. But one day YHVH showed me that truth […]

In our kitchen

We have been doing some neat things in our kitchen lately, aside from washing laundry! Enjoy the picture tour. Thanks to my father in law, I now have three crockpots lined up on my counter. Two are currently filled with dry beans which will be made up into fermented bean pastes and dips. I’m anxious […]

When niddah comes to call part 2

I’m lying in a strange bed watching a romantic movie by myself crying my eyes out. Yes, niddah has come to call again. I want to feel my husband’s embrace. I want to sleep in the same bed. But I must choose. Will I choose to fulfill my physical desires? Or will I choose to […]