raising rileys

mothering is a joy

We are getting ready to head out of town, but I wanted to briefly share about the United Nations CSW (Commission on the Status of Women) conference, documents are being produced that refer to children as “burdens;” with the expressed desire to have the efforts (unpaid care and domestic work) usually performed by mothers “reduced and redistributed” to “national care systems” (the government). Please see the link here. This cannot be! I wish I were able to hug mothers everywhere who struggle, because the truth is, it's hard work! But I cannot think of a greater work that I could be doing. It makes me cringe to hear children referred to as "burdens," and I want to stand up and shout in support of home and family!

Life I Love, MotherhoodElizabeth RileyMarch 17, 2017abmhappylife, Homeschoolmama, Motherhood, Loveisnotaburden, deliberate mothering, marriage, belovedlife, homeschoolmom, habitandhome, purposefulliving, Homeschooling, deliberatemotherhood, prolife, advocate for life, MomStory, boymom, motherhoodrising, chasinglight, Family, motherhood, Empowermothers, acupofmotherhood, homeschoolmama, homeschoollife, Christian homeschool, Christ centered home, candidchildhood, ldshomeschoolers, ldshomeschool, familytime, developingthewholechild, homeschoolingbyheart, bepresent, Csw61, Gratitude, Homeschool, homeschoolfamily, intentionalliving, afullheartisagratefulheart, homeschool, ilovemyfamily, marriage and family, abundantlife, dailyparenting, prowoman Comments

a homeschool life conversation with kimberly lowry

Hi, I feel honored that Elizabeth asked me to talk about how I homeschool. My name is Kimberly. I grew up in a little town in south-east Idaho. I have 7 children. My oldest daughter is 20 and is a sophomore in college. I then have 2 boys ages 17 and 15. Next, 3 girls ages 11, 10, and 8, and finally a boy age 3. We live in Fairbanks, Alaska and although we spend most of the year freezing, Alaska is a great place to raise kids. I homeschool all of my children, and have since my oldest was in 3rd grade.

Homeschool, MotherhoodKimberly LowryJanuary 2, 2017homeschool, homeschoolmom, Homeschooling, homeschoolfamily, homeschool schedule, homeschool famaily Comments

a homeschool life conversation with maren jones

Hello! My name is Maren & I am the lucky wife of Dan Jones. We met on a blind date in high school & have been married for almost 18 years. We have 6 children: Averee 13.5, Adelyn 11.5, Owen 10, Reese 7, Gavin 4 & Fisher 3. We live in beautiful Southern Utah. We enjoy the outdoors; boating, camping, fishing, hiking, traveling, playing games, & watching movies. But nothing beats a date night, or even better-a vacation with just us two.

a homeschool life conversation with jesika harmon

We are the Harmons! Robbie, aka the Principal who the students actually want to get sent to visit; Jesika, aka the teacher/mom who some days flies by the seat of her pants; Bree, aka the sweet 9 year old who loves everything art, history and music, and not so much anything math this year; Gabe, aka the 7 year old who rolls his eyes at reading unless it has to do with animals and college sports teams; McKay, aka the 5 year old who is trying to find his place as the third child and has all the sport/math/reading talent as his older siblings but kindawants to be different; and Quinn, aka the 3 year old ballerina who reminds mom that she has to do “her math and grammar” every day too.

Homeschool, MotherhoodJesika HarmonNovember 7, 2016homeschool, homeschooling, homeschoolfamily, family, homeeducator, homeschoolmom, homeschool scheduleComment

school lately

Homeschool is such a full experience. I attempted to express my feelings about it the other day to my husband as we drove. It's as though my love for my children has deepened and expanded through this experience. That's interesting because I didn't think that love could increase because it was so great--but it has.

HomeschoolElizabeth RileyOctober 21, 2016homeschoolmama, homeschoolmom, homeschool, home educating, homeschoollife, homeeducator, amothersinfluence, homeschoolingComment