Which side of the Coin?

January 9, 2018Spiritual Encouragement, Teachingcall on your life, coins, compassion, encourage, encouragement for moms, encouragement for teachers, first year teacher, homeschooling, homeschooling mom, learning styles, Love one another, mom, new homeschooling mom, new mom, new teacher, respect, teacher, TEACHER MOM, teaching position, two sides of the coinT.W. Allgaier

I am sure you have heard this: “There are two sides to every coin?

Most of us have been on both sides at one time or another.

An employee/employer.

Child/Parent….my favorite! Sometimes around your parents, you feel like a twelve-year-old again. Or when you get around your own children and they like to tease and make you feel like a very old woman!

I have been a student, a public school teacher, a new mom, a homeschooling mom, a mom of public/private school teenagers, and a public school teacher, partially retired…in that order. I have been on both sides of the coin, maybe several coins. Often those coins were shiny…but sometimes very dull and scratched! Continue reading Which side of the Coin? →

R.E.S.T.

January 4, 2018Spiritual Encouragementbusy, Christ's rest, Christian encouragement, christian encouragement for moms, Christian life, encouragement, encouragement for moms, encouragement in Christ, Rest, Rest in Christ, spiritual encouragement, time managementT.W. Allgaier

Can you sit still? I mean really stop and do nothing?

I cannot. Well, I am better than I used to be, but I have to stay busy. Or do I? Continue reading R.E.S.T. →

Grandma and Gifts

January 2, 2018Spiritual EncouragementAbundant Life, Christian encouragement, Christian life, encouragement, encouragement in Christ, gifts, grandma, Grandma Fannie, Living the Christian life, new day, new year, Psalm 9:1, spiritual encouragement, unwrapping giftsT.W. Allgaier

I remember my maternal grandmother with so much love. She was a feisty little lady who lived until she was 94 years old.

I would spend the night with Grandma Fannie and watch “As the World Turns” during the day, and “Lawerence Welk” at night. We would eat pancakes in the morning, and popcorn at night… I think she started my love of reading and writing because she always had several issues of Reader’s Digest to share with me and would ask me questions after I would read them. And we always painting our nails. Continue reading Grandma and Gifts →