As Far As I Can See And Do…

...I'll try my best to plan. I'm a stickler for ideals, but I know that I can only accomplish so much at a given time.  A few months ago I mentioned studying for CLEP tests.  I never ended up taking any CLEP tests and it turns out they won't really benefit me now.  I...

Homestead Style Suspense

The Abbotts came in town Wednesday afternoon, right after Mom and I spoke at the Mother Daughter Cherished Lessons Webinar (which went very well, by the way).  It was an anticipated visit that was certain to advance our mediocre yet thoroughly entertaining film...

Mother Daughter Cherished Lessons Seminar

Hey Everyone, click here and login as a Guest to join us for the Cherished Lessons Webinar! {Click here to subscribe to The Girlhood Home Companion.} We are so excited about the content of this issue that we have planned something very special for you. Join us next...

Working With Our Hands

Last month, a lady down the street from us, Mrs. Nancy Lee, began giving us knitting lessons.  She has started teaching us all sorts of handicrafts, and plans on eventually teaching us how to weave (she has three looms and a spinning wheel...I can't wait to get...

Do Dreams Come True?

As this Election comes to an end, I would like to share with readers why such political experiences so deeply affect me. I didn't think anything of politics and government until Election 2000, when I was a 10 year old child.  I didn't really have a clue about what was...

Era Of The Supreme Court: What Is At Stake

Read the following, and please read my mother's blog post, A Call To Prayer and visit Dutch Sheets' website, www.dutchsheets.org. The real issue of this election is Justice: the issue of the Supreme Court.  The following sheds brilliant light on the subject and gives...

Dispelling The Top 7 Myths Of Election 2008

Some have stated that I could do better in my arguments. That is one thing we agree on - I can do better and will do better in the future, so help me GOD. I didn't call anyone names. I would never write anything that demeans a fellow person made in the Image of GOD....

The Suitor Evaluation

There are many fine Christians that have taken opposite sides in this Presidential Election.  I have no desire to drive a wedge between myself and them because of politics, seeing that they may very well be right on other issues and valuable allies in the...

Hopeful Farm Foundation

"Walter Farley, author of the beloved Black Stallion Series, once wrote, “Imagination can help you reach into the heavens to grasp an idea, bring it down to earth, and make it work.” The Hopeful Farm Foundation is the product of such vision, the realization of a...

A Revision Is Underway!

I finally heard from my manager on Thursday. Four script readers provided critiquing (called "coverage") of The Crusading Chemist and explained how it needs to be revised before they can represent it. I confirmed the contract, which states that they will receive a 15%...

Mother & Daughters Photoshoot

On September 12th we conducted a photoshoot of all us Read girls for The Girlhood Home Companion.  Here are some funny outtakes: Now for some nice ones... Yesterday I finally got started on my portrait of Beth and Jenny.  I'm enjoying using my new brushes and palette!...

Stolen Hearts

As we have now entered the seventh anniversary of that day of terror, September 11, 2001, it is humbling and amazing to see how much has changed.  I was an 11 year old child at the time, and last year on this very day I wrote a reminiscence of the event in full.  If...