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Sending Christian Kids to Secular Schools

I recently joined an online Christian mommies group and came across a discussion debating the merits of sending your kids to a secular/public school vs a private Christian school or homeschooling. Having attending public schools all my life (well, technically the university I attended is a private institution but it does not have a religious affiliation), I was shocked at how many Christian moms were against public schools. J and I have had many discussions about sending our children to private vs public schools. J has attended private schools all his life (he even attended boarding school in England) and thinks that private schools offer the best education. I see no problem with public schools just as long as the area we're...

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Doggie Fives

I've stated numerous times that Comang is not very bright. And while the desire to please is ever-present, we've only been able to teach him a handful of tricks due to his dim-wittedness. So far, Comang knows: sit, stay, down, jump, and high-five. Yes, you read that correctly. Our dog knows how to high-five. It was one of the first tricks that J taught him. See for yourself: It is precisely for this reason that I immediately fell in love with the following video, which depicts a man trying to teach his baby to high-five and the dog jumping in to do it himself, as if to say, "Sigh, let the EXPERT show you how it's done!" I can sooo see Comang doing this when the...

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