The Eighth and Final Square

Today, I Was “That Mom”

Ari has a habit lately of not taking very long naps. I don’t know what prompted this, or how to get her to sleep longer, and it’s frustrating for the both of us. She slept 20 minutes today, and refused to go back to sleep even though she was sooo tired. The floor was covered in her toys and stuff, but all she wanted was my phone (which I’ve stopped letting her play with since she keeps calling people!), my keyboard, my mouse, my remote, even though she has her own keyboard, mouse, and remote. Besides wanting my stuff, all she wanted was to play on my lap, crawling back and forth over me from side to side. When you’re trying to do something, that really doesn’t work. So, I took her to the play place at the mall. It’s the second time she’d been there. I spent the...

we were taught to fear the people who could help.

Libby Anne is doing a series on HSLDA vs. CPS, so I figured I’d try and pound out a quick post from my experiences.  I’m not going to write very much about HSLDA, but I’ll link to Libby’s posts so you can go read more about them if you’re unfamiliar. Basically, HSLDA (Home School Legal Defense Association) has morphed into an organization that prevents abuse from being investigated. When we were kids, we heard the horror stories…the kids who were taken away from their parents because they were spanked; the kids who were taken away from their parents because they were playing outside during school hours; the kids who were taken away from their parents because they were Christians; the kids who were taken away from their parents just because they homeschooled. Even Frank Peretti wrote a book about a single dad whose children were taken away because he...