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Nearly Wordless Wednesday: Just Chilling

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I would have posted this last week but we were in recovery mode and I was too tired: Last week Supergirl had a cardiac catherization .  She's doing great and all looks well with her heart I snapped this picture of her chilling on the couch after we got home from the hospital. She needed to lay low for a while longer and keep her leg straight as much as possible.  She thought it was great to lay back on the couch and watch Netflix.

A Simple Prayer for Lent

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We've entered into Great Lent.  Most people are familiar with the idea of "giving up something" for lent or fasting but Lent is also a time of increased prayer and almsgiving. I want to take just a moment to talk about increasing prayer. The other night at the Soup Supper and Talk my priest said that we can increase our prayers through repetitive prayers.  He specifically mentioned the Jesus prayer and the most simplest prayer of all "Lord have mercy". The Jesus prayer is "Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner." If you think in terms of mercy being "not given what you deserve" , then it might seem that our simplest prayer is just a cry to avoid punishment for sins.  That's more a judicial or legal term view. But the words in Hebrew and Greek that are translated into our English word "mercy" have deeper broader meanings.  The Hebrew word means lovingkindness.  In Greek the word is closely related t

Traveling to Egypt ~ Project Passport World History Study {Review}

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One of my favorite curriculum companies is Home School in the Woods .  I first encountered Amy Pak through her wonderful Timeline Figures that we used with our history program.  Through the Homeschool Review Crew, I've discovered that Home School in the Woods offers so much more than just figures we can use on a time line. Supergirl and I have been visiting and exploring Ancient Egypt with the HISTORY Through the Ages Project Passport World History Study: Ancient Egypt . I prepared for our journey by printing out the Travel Planner: Quick Stop Itinerary.  This 3 page document gives a brief overview of the 25 Stops we will make on our trip. Stop 1 and Stop 2 Lay the Foundation.  During these two lessons students will prepare their passport, luggage, and Scrapbook of Sights. The passport and luggage will be used for each Project Passport Study.  I'm kind of relieved that we will not have to make a new luggage folder for each study! During the first two stops you also b