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Author Westover, LaRee, author.

Title Educating : a memoir / LaRee Westover ; foreword, Val Westover.

Publication Info. Clifton, ID : Butterfly Expressions LLC, [2020]
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 Bristol, Manross Branch - Non Fiction  B WESTOVER, LAREE    Check Shelf
Description xxii, 327 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Contents Introduction us -- Beginnings -- I can do it myself -- Losing myself -- Breaking away -- Finding myself -- The best two years -- At long last -- Wedded bliss and real life -- Joy and pain -- Educating our own -- True education -- Our students -- Beyond homeschool -- God's pharmacy -- Valued resources -- Burns and blessings -Luke -- Living and learning -- The midwife -- Midwifery specifics -- Miracle baby -- Family, faith, and forgiving -- Butterfly Express & Butterfly expressions -- Burns and blessings - Val -- Head injury -- People, politics and persecution -- Empty nest -- Heartbreak -- Chasm -- Coming home -- Standing up and speaking out.
Summary Drawing from extensive journal entries, Laree Westover shares events in her life that show her tenacity in moving forward with faith - faith in herself, her husband, and her God. Each heartfelt story is captivating and its historicity is trustworthy. Family happiness seemed to be frustrated as her husband grappled with chronic health issues and serious accidents. That, along with her own health challenges and those of her children, drew her into studying alternative health care modalities in search of solutions. Some of the paths she chose were out of the mainstream and often brought distressing and hurtful encounters with neighbors and even family members. While homeschooling her seven children, LaRee tailored their education to their own specific interests, strengths, and weaknesses. A sense of curiosity, self reliance, and self confidence were nurtured. Her children's subsequent successes in academia and thriving in life is a compelling defense of her unique and intentional approach. Significant influences that shaped LaRee's life include the power of prayer and miracles, the use of herbal and homeopathic remedies for many ills, foot zone therapy, and serving as a midwife. Each personal story that she candidly shares shows how she has strived to bless many lives. LaRee hopes that these stories, along with the principles they teach, may inspire those who have chosen to live their lives differently from their neighbors.
Subject Westover, LaRee -- Family.
Women -- Idaho -- Biography.
Latter Day Saints -- Idaho -- Biography.
Home schooling -- United States -- Anecdotes.
Home schooling -- Idaho -- Anecdotes.
Midwifery -- Anecdotes.
Homeopathy -- Anecdotes.
Herbs -- Therapeutic use -- Anecdotes.
Essences and essential oils -- Therapeutic use -- Anecdotes.
Child rearing -- Anecdotes.
Christian biography.
Preparedness.
Homeopathic pharmacopoeias.
Subculture -- Idaho.
Idaho -- Biography.
Idaho -- Rural conditions -- Anecdotes.
Marriage.
Natural childbirth.
Idaho -- Rural conditions -- Anecdotes.
Education, Nonprofessional. (DNLM)D004505
Anecdotes as Topic.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Personal Memoirs.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Religious.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Women.
Preparedness. (OCoLC)fst01075502
Mormons. (OCoLC)fst01026314
Homeopathic pharmacopoeias. (OCoLC)fst00959582
Herbs -- Therapeutic use. (OCoLC)fst00955386
Essences and essential oils -- Therapeutic use. (OCoLC)fst00915456
Child rearing. (OCoLC)fst00854588
Christian biography. (OCoLC)fst00858936
Families. (OCoLC)fst01728849
Home schooling. (OCoLC)fst00959374
Rural conditions. (OCoLC)fst01101474
Subculture. (OCoLC)fst01136426
Women. (OCoLC)fst01176568
Natural childbirth. (OCoLC)fst01033983
Midwifery. (OCoLC)fst01020613
Homeopathy. (OCoLC)fst00959590
Idaho. (OCoLC)fst01211709
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Marriage. (OCoLC)fst01010443
Counterculture -- Idaho.
Genre/Form Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
Autobiographies. (OCoLC)fst01919894
Anecdotes. (OCoLC)fst01423876
Autobiographies.
Anecdotes.
Added Author Westover, Val, writer of foreword.
ISBN 9781735486505 (hardcover)
1735486507 (hardcover)
9781735486512 (ebook)
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