Yes it has been a while since this blog has had some attention! Poor blog. But it is in full swing again with improvements to come!

Take notice of the postings on the right side of the blog. Our book group is starting back up next month. And we have classes for all ages. If you homeschool and feel impressed to be part of our group feel free to contact me.

This coming Fall we are prepared to launch our  Commonwealth for homeschool families. We are so exited at all this offers you (as the parent mentor) and your children! We focus on Leadership Education to inspire and lift each soul to his/her highest potential.

This May our Shakespeare students will be performing "The Taming of the Shrew". Please look for further information so you can attend this spectacular event with your family!

I learned 3 important lessons this week:

* The hardships I go through are nothing compared to others throughout the world. There is so much sorrow, heartache and spiritual darkness out there. I have mourned with those that mourn this week.

* Judging others is the very thing that stands in the way of us helping lift another soul!

* The phrase : "You can't teach and old dog new tricks" I have changed my mind and no longer believe it! With FAITH in Christ all things are possible!

The difference between a degree and education is a yearning. When one is willing to "pay the price" (meaning time, effort, and huge amounts of study) for a great education, the efforts given are not as hard because of the yearning to do so.

Could it be that what we were born for was to create "Great" souls?

"Find a great leader in history, and you will nearly always find two central elements of their education-classics and mentors. From Lincoln, Jefferson and Washington to Gandhi, Newton and John Locke, to Abigail Adams, Mother Theresa and Joan of Arc-great men and women of history studied other great men and women."

"Thomas Jefferson is a model of this system. He was one of the best students in history, and his education is in many ways a model for successful leadership education today." Oliver DeMille

As a family we love learning from the classics!

The Founders were great men and women of genius and inspiration, but it didn't just happen to them. They were ordinary people who chose to live good, honest lives and to "pay the price" of greatness.

In our day, the world cries out for good, honest people to pay that same price. Make your own education a Thomas Jefferson Education, then pass it on to your children, and begin exerting statesmanship in your community--and you will become the change you wish to see in the world!

If we did all the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves!

-Thomas Edison

Forgiveness is to set a prisoner free. And then to realize the prisoner was you. -Corrie ten Boom

Our greatest success and sense of fulfillment in life often comes after our greatest heartache and challenge. -Kevin Hall