by Matthew McDill | Jan 28, 2020 | Fall 2019, GREENHOUSE
Fall 2019 / Beth Herbert With my homeschool group’s graduation ceremony behind us and the NCHE Thrive! Conference beginning tomorrow, I have been reflecting on how important both of these organizations have been in my own homeschool journey. I am in awe of how...
by Matthew McDill | Jan 22, 2020 | Fall 2019, Uncategorized, GREENHOUSE
Fall 2019 / Jessica Frierson Nine years ago, I encountered an injury to my pelvis that left me barely able to walk or lie down, limited in all other movement, and in nearly constant pain. By January of 2018, I was in a wheelchair and doctors were discussing how to...
by Matthew McDill | Jan 7, 2020 | Fall 2019, GREENHOUSE
Fall 2019 / Diane Helfrich When I was working at the registration booth for the 2019 Thrive Conference, one of my duties was to let people know about regional meetings with their liaisons. I discovered that many people didn’t know that they had a local area resource,...
by Matthew McDill | Jan 1, 2020 | Fall 2000, GREENHOUSE
Fall 2000 / James Muncy I remember the first time Alonzo started walking. We were visiting friends in Dallas, Texas. He had been walking around tables, chairs, and anything else he could hold on to for several weeks. Though this was the only time I’ve seen these...
by Matthew McDill | Dec 18, 2019 | Fall 2019, GREENHOUSE
Fall 2019 / Chris Ruminski When our family was brand new to homeschooling and new to Fayetteville, the local homeschool co-op advertised a week-long camp to learn robotics over the summer. We decided to give it a try, so each day my twelve-year-old daughter met with a...
by Matthew McDill | Dec 3, 2019 | Fall 2019, GREENHOUSE
Fall 2019 / Debra Bell One of the attractions of homeschooling is the opportunity to seamlessly fuse our children’s education with the rhythms of family life. One of the downsides, I learned, is children are never quite sure where they stand in terms of their...
