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Some Things Are Out of Our Control
Humans in power can make decisions that affect a lot of ordinary people. But there are some areas — the seasons of the year, the hope in people’s souls — that they cannot affect. Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Daily Life, Encouragement, inspirational, Life, Lifestyle, self-improvement, spirituality, success, thinking, Uncategorized, wisdom
Tagged control, history, hope, money, power, spring
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The History of Real People Isn’t Boring
When I was a schoolgirl, history bored me. But then again, my only exposure to it was through textbooks, which have a knack for distilling entire civilizations into lists of emperors, kings, conquerors, presidents, financial magnates and military generals, whose … Continue reading
Posted in america, Culture, Daily Life, Encouragement, Faith, Family, home, homesteading, inspirational, Life, Lifestyle, nostalgia, simple living, thinking
Tagged family, history, kings, ordinary, ordinary people, powerful, presidents
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“Celebrating” the Anniversary of the Vietnam War
Anniversaries are supposed to be celebratory things, generally of weddings, when a couple starts a whole new life together. How odd that we use the same word, “anniversary,” to acknowledge — surely not celebrate? — the unwanted introduction of the Vietnam … Continue reading
The Problem with U.S. History
In 20 years of homeschooling, we never did find the ultimate resource for teaching U.S. History. We knew we didn’t want textbooks similar to what we had endured in our own public school childhoods: the end result of carrying around … Continue reading
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Tagged Christian, history, textbook, U.S.
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