Proverbs 31:22

Last year, my daughters discovered a unique white wooly caterpillar on our front porch. We never could identify it; the closest we came was some kind of tropical rainforest caterpillar. South Louisiana is hot, but it isn’t quite tropical rainforest. Anyway, we put it in a jar with a twig and some leaves and watched it spin its silky cocoon. A truly amazing phenomenon! This was the first time we’d ever done anything like this, so we were totally in the dark as to what processes would take place, what, if anything, it would need, what amount of time it would take, etc. We knew absolutely nothing! We watched and watched while the caterpillar stayed in the cocoon and shriveled to what appeared to be nothingness. Long weeks passed and still there were no signs of life; quite the opposite indeed—it looked positively dead . One day as we were cleaning house, I decided that was the day the experiment would be thrown out. I grabbed the jar and to my great surprise, there was a white moth! By no...

For the past three years, I have been undergoing a renewing of my thoughts on what true education is. I get so excited to learn about it, that I can never get enough. Even though I may have read some things over and over again and say, "Yes, I know that truth", I still love reading it again, letting it sink into my soul and take root. I have been greatly influenced by the writings of Marilyn Howshall, Cindy Rushton, John Taylor Gatto, and Chris & Ellyn Davis. (Links to their websites are off to the left of this page.) If you've read their writings, you may hear their voices in what I have to say. James 3:13-16 says, "Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show it by his good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom. But if you harbor bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast about it or deny the truth. Such "wisdom" does not come down from heaven, but is earthly, unspiritual, of the devil. For where you...