Contributors

 

Dorothy (Mimi) is a wife to Jamie, mother to two grown up children, a mother-in-law and a grandmother to a darling little grand-daughter. She home-educated her children and now teaches exam subjects to groups of home-educated children. She's a Worship Leader in her church, near Oxford, England, and has a passion for helping women raise children to adulthood with a strong faith in the Lord Jesus.

Yvonne Ferlita has been married for nearly twenty-five years and is mother to four children ages 22, 20, 16 and 11 years old. She is a follower of Jesus and gratefully relies on His grace. Having overcome perfectionism, she has embraced the imperfect excellence found in the ordinary life God has given her. Yvonne has homeschooled her children since 1998 and has helped them enjoy their unique gifts, while overcoming various learning and life challenges. Her therapy is writing, quilting, crocheting, swimming and laughing. She and her family reside in Brandon, Florida surrounded by four orphaned cats and a lovely, but bossy, labrador retriever. She blogs to encourage at Not Perfect - Just Ordinary.

 Jennifer has been married for 24 years and is the mother to three young adults: a 19 year old daughter on the autism spectrum, a 17 year old daughter and a 16 year old son. Jennifer has home educated all of her children since they were in preschool but has utilized the services of the local public school for her oldest daughter’s special therapies. Jennifer has termed their schooling of late as “hybrid schooling” using whatever resources are appropriate for her children at each stage of life while continuing to maintain a home base for core subjects. Jennifer is a child of God and believes her most important job as a parent is to disciple her children and encourage them in their walk with God. Jennifer is learning the art of budgeting time and energy as she strives to be the best mother she can while living with a rare energy zapping blood disorder. The family lives in the Midwest in the metro St. Louis, Missouri area.

Laura has been married for 25 years to her husband Dennis. Together they have 3 beautiful girls, 23, 20 and 18. Laura and Dennis home schooled all 3 girls from birth all the way through high school. Laura enjoys biking, hiking, reading and volunteering as a Court Appointed Special Advocate for children in the foster care system.

 Lisa is a wife to Bob. They just began their 21st year of marriage. She is also a mom to three boys (ironic, no?). Her oldest will soon be 18 but still has one more year at home. Her middle son is 13 and her youngest is 10. She also stays busy by homeschooling her children and watching a two-year old (a boy of course) full-time as well as other assorted children as the need arises for family and friends. She is very active in her local and state homeschooling community. She is also a very avid reader, enjoys writing, loves dancing at Zumba class, and checking Facebook a little too often. Lisa strives daily to become more Christ-like. She is reminded often of the Lord's mercy and grace and is thankful that He is so gracious to extend to her on a much needed basis. She lives in Maine on her own piece of "no-where land" with her family.