A Fly On My Homeschool Wall

I think the worst ending of the past two weeks is the ending of a friendship that I thought was solid.   It's a long and ridiculous story. Pride. Pride is a terrible thing. So is self doubt. Both of which I have in spades. (We literally just finished The Screwtape Letters this week, so we've been studying pride and self-doubt!   " . . . if you want to find out how proud you are the easiest way is to ask yourself, ‘How much do I dislike it when other people snub me, or refuse to take any notice of me, or shove their oar in, or patronise me, or show off?’" I was snubbed, not taken notice of, had an oar shoved in what I thought was my space, patronized, and shown off in front of, and I got mad. Really mad. I am trying very hard to repent. I am trying very hard to forgive. But I no longer feel safe around this person that I previously trusted with my real self. My flawed, imperfect, real self. I think I'm somewhat muddled up with the teachings of Christ and the teach...

 Yesterday ended the 2025-26 American Rhythm season. Stars Sparklers Stripes Firecrackers My dancers and me The whole troupe We had a blast putting on our Friends and Family show--a good audience always helps. :) Now we're on a break for a wee bit. This summer we optional clogging/swing dance workshops on the calendar for those who want to develop their skills a little bit. And by June, the other teachers and I will be deep in planning and choreography for the 2026-27 season. As for my personal crew, we are making progress on our academic goals, but we also had a week long spring break--mostly for my mental well-being. (Though I must admit that the change in schedule did not do my kids much good.  We had a few rough moments that made me very glad we're starting school again tomorrow!) We finished up our Book of Mormon Family Reader during Morning Meeting, and we started the book of Alma in The Book of Mormon during our after-dinner reading time.  We're still on volume 2...