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  • Nightshades Food List

    tomato/potato are obvious. But what else should I avoid? The best list I’ve found is at the World’s Healthiest Foods. I find the name ironic, but it is helping me get healthier. The most famous food members of the nightshade family include potatoes (Solanum tuberosum), tomatoes (Lycopersicon esculentum), many species of sweet and hot peppers…

  • Night Shade Allergies

    My mother is in the hospital with nightshade allergies, life threatening ones. She wanted to know what kind of reactions nightshades give people. And her doctor wouldn’t take my personal experiences, so I sent her some off the net. What are my personal experiences? Trouble walking. Joint and muscle pain. Muscle weakness. Back aches. Back…

  • My Story of Faith

    I was born into a home where both my parents knew Jesus. My mother had looked for Him all her life and found Him when she attended my father’s church. She rejoiced and followed through. My father grew up knowing Jesus, going through a couple different kinds of churches. But both my parents knew Jesus.…

  • Homeschooling: How to Start

    This article indicates that many Katrina/Rita families are homeschooling because they don’t have any other choice. The paper calls it “make-shift.” You know, that’s what public school often is, make-shift. Homeschooling is not. Homeschooling is the people who care the most doing the most to make sure you get an education. I never thought I…

  • Using Your Education

    Yesterday someone said that it was, “Too darn bad you’re not using that PhD.” I replied something to the effect of I was, part time, and I would full time when the boys went off to college. But what I should have said was, “I am. I’m using it in the best way possible for…

  • Homeschooling: pros and cons

    Originally written May 2003. After 7 years, I'm considered an old hand at homeschooling. I have two sons, one who would be in 6th grade in public school and one who would be in fourth. My oldest is working at 6-8 grade levels and my youngest is working at 4-6 grade levels. My husband feels…

  • Two Comments on Homeschooling: And my response

    The negative comments: “I think that it takes a great person to homeschool their kids, althouh some problems is that the kids dont get to socilize the way most kids do and i think that that is a very important thing but most homeschooled kids are very talented and smart. Overall I think that the…