Once upon a time last century, a newly graduated music teacher named Shannon started going to a church singles' group. As she stood nervously with her back to the wall, a tall, handsome, blond, mustachioed guy came up to her and said hello. After two-and-a-half years of jockeying around to see how it was going to work between them, they got married and immediately started the big family they both dreamed of. Along the way, Steve taught Shannon how to talk to people she didn't know, about Biblical Creationism, the importance of homeschooling, and how to smile. After having Ben, Mick, Becki, Sarah, and Abri at home in the western suburbs of Chicago in only eight years, they moved in 2000 to rural Wisconsin to live in a variety of multi-generational households. They shared a home with Shannon's parents, with Steve's mom, and with married daughters and their kids at different times while having their cheesehead kids: Mim, Anna, AJ, Noah, and Tim. Part of that time was spent raising alpacas and starting a new church.
All that time, Shannon, whose great love is to please the Lord God, and thinks best with a pen in hand, was studying and writing. She published a mom's version of the classic devotional The Practice of the Presence of God entitled A Continual Conversation and Life in the Trenches:A Homeschool Mom's Theory of Everything based on talks she has given over the years. Knowing she would have to teach her children history and science in accordance with the Bible, she began to research Creation Science early in their marriage. She leads creation hikes, gives talks from Day One of Creation to Ancient Civilization, and got a Master's Certificate in Creation Apologetics from Answers in Genesis in 2020.
Because every mother desires to see her children exceed her, she is proud of her daughters who are also contributing to this blog.
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