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Light of the World Advent Study: A Family Journey Through Scripture, Nature, and Worship

Published on November 21, 2025December 2, 2025 by Susie @ Pollywog's Place Blog5 Comments

Hey friends! I know I’m cutting it close with this, but I’ve worked hard to get this finished before the Thanksgiving holiday, so we would have it ready for the start of ADVENT. It has been a labor of LOVE, and I am so thankful to be able to share this with you.

I have put together this Advent Study to use for our homeschool during the weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas. We always try to do some sort of Advent Study, and I wanted to try to put one together… I did just that, and I think it’s going to be AMAZING!

This study can be as simple as like, but we have included:

Scripture & Bible Study

Integrated Learning with lessons:

Language Arts
Math
History
Science/Nature
Hymns
Art
Preschool Activities

Family Activities, Reflections, and Prayers

Without further ado, I will post the links to all the parts… I did break this down into weekly units, covers, and a study guide to make it easier for me to save them on the computer and upload… Hopefully, this helps with the download part on your end. We will try to post links and resources as we go through the study so that you can follow along, if you like. The only thing is that you will truly need to FOLLOW the blog to be able to see these posts!

Post Links and Resources:

Light of the World Advent Study

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Rainbows after the storm

Published on October 15, 2024February 10, 2024 by Susie @ Pollywog's Place BlogLeave a comment

I started writing this post in January 2019 but LIFE happened and somehow it got left unpublished. A lot has happened since then and I have updated at the end… so be sure to read all the way through! It is now February 2024 and I am working on getting this published for Pregnancy Loss Awareness Day later this year. I trust that God had a reason for letting me ‘LOSE’ track of this and I PRAY that this helps someone.

Many of you have probably heard the term ‘Rainbow Baby’ and you probably already know that these are babies born after a miscarriage. Well, I consider both of my youngest to be Rainbow Babies as I had four very difficult pregnancies that ended in miscarriages before they were born. Not only that I had already been told that, because of some other female issues, my chances of carrying another baby to term were very slim… and I had completely given up on the idea of any additions to our family.

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You just don’t know…

Published on August 20, 2024August 20, 2024 by Susie @ Pollywog's Place Blog1 Comment

Whew!!!!

This weekend was crazy fun and exciting… there is plenty more excitement to come in the next few months though with a wedding and then the arrival of my first grand child… I just can’t wait!

This post isn’t an update on all of that though … we will post soon about that. This post is one that has been on my heart and maybe someone else needs to read it.

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Special Request…

Published on July 28, 2024 by Susie @ Pollywog's Place BlogLeave a comment

Hey there!

We have a special request for our followers… does anyone know how we could get in contact with Ms. Rachel from YouTube?

We have a special friend who has been going through a tough battle with AML and he recently had a bone marrow transplant. This has been an extremely challenging time for him and his family and it would mean the world to them if they could connect with Ms. Rachel.

Thank you all and God Bless!

Clinic Visit

Published on September 14, 2021March 8, 2024 by Susie @ Pollywog's Place Blog1 Comment

Shyanne had a quick clinic visit today for a dressing change and labs. Everything went well with the exception of one lumen is not giving blood return so well will have to have that addressed next week when we return for admission.