Amanda Dean

I'm a homeschooling mom of 3 and a former classroom teacher (math & history). I do quilling and some other crafty stuff. I'm a Christian.

[Amanda Dean @MightyMermoose]

@SemantleGame The new one this evening was fixed for us - thank you! Would love to have back the info at the top about how close the 1000th and 10th words are, if possible.

[Amanda Dean @MightyMermoose]

@SemantleGame Spoiled by the bonus round again with today's puzzle. 🙁

[Amanda Dean @MightyMermoose]

"He longed to become Real, to know what it felt like; and yet the idea of growing shabby and losing his eyes and whiskers was rather sad. He wished that he could become it without these uncomfortable things happening to him."

Margery Williams, The Velveteen Rabbit

[Amanda Dean @MightyMermoose]

"Nothing is more natural than for spring...to succeed winter, summer spring, and autumn summer; but in this series the variations are so great...as to make it very apparent that every single year, month, and day, is regulated by a new and special providence of God."

John Calvin

[Amanda Dean @MightyMermoose]

"Unfortunates, who ought to begin with God, do not have any hope in him till they have exhausted all other means of deliverance."

Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo

[Amanda Dean @MightyMermoose]

"Human affairs have scarcely ever been so happily constituted as that the better course pleased the greater number."

John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion (trans. Beveridge)

[Amanda Dean @MightyMermoose]

"If there is one theme that unifies the diversity of this chapter [Hosea 8], it is that of Israel's dangerous self-reliance. ...What God makes of all this, ...these people have not troubled themselves to ask."

--Derek Kidner, The Message of Hosea

[Amanda Dean @MightyMermoose]

"In Scripture, more often than not, love is practical first, emotional only second; and it is always to be known by its fruits. ...It is not complete without both aspects of self-giving: a devoted will and a genuine warmth."

Derek Kidner, The Message of Hosea

[Amanda Dean @MightyMermoose]

"It is not the most knowing Christian, but the most wise Christian, that sees, avoids, and escapes Satan's snares."

--Thomas Brooks, Precious Remedies Against Satan's Devices

@BannerofTruth

[Amanda Dean @MightyMermoose]

"He that turns not from every sin, turns not aright from any one sin."

--Thomas Brooks, Precious Remedies Against Satan's Devices

[Amanda Dean @MightyMermoose]

"Faith is the correct response to God's word, whether it is a word of promise or a word of command." --Gordon J. Wenham (commentary on Numbers 20:2-13)

[Amanda Dean @MightyMermoose]

"Intelligence did not figure largely in anything he did and was often conspicuously absent." --Edith Hamilton, regarding Hercules

[Amanda Dean @MightyMermoose]

"We cannot pray as we ought without praising God." --John Calvin

[Amanda Dean @MightyMermoose]

"Believers must not neglect the Word of God as if reading and preaching it were unnecessary; there is no one who does not need continual confirmation." --John Calvin, commentary on Acts

[Clint Smith @ClintSmithIII]

Yesterday, my 14-year-old cousin said, “We’re living through a social studies chapter” and I can’t stop thinking about that, about him, about how young people are processing this moment.

[Amanda Dean @MightyMermoose]

Months ago, 6yo learned in history that nomads are people who moved from place to place looking for food.

I just learned that what he internalized was that nomads are "people who like to eat."

#WeAreAllNomads #kids #homeschool #storyoftheworld @WTMpress

[Amanda Dean @MightyMermoose]

8yo is super excited about today's launch, so she drew a picture for @Astro_Doug and @AstroBehnken #LaunchAmerica

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8yo: "Could I just ride in the car with you for a little while? I just...like...need to see traffic lights."
#QuarantineLife

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Banner of Truth Spring Giveaway https://t.co/q4sLsyamGx via @banneroftruth

[Amanda Dean @MightyMermoose]

We're so confused about what day it is that 8yo sat down at the piano and started playing Christmas songs. #QuarantineLife