Dara Halydier is an international author and national speaker with 21 years of experience as a homeschooling mom and 27 years of experience as a speaker and Bible teacher. She is the mother of five grown boys and grandma to thirteen beautiful children. Dara helped to start two local homeschooling support groups in Texas. She is the executive director of Abiding Truth Ministry and the author of the Practical Proverbs series, Dancing in the Pain, and As They Sit and Stand: A Resource and Guide for Teaching Your Children the Bible. Dara has learned life's lessons the hard way -- experience! The lessons she shares come from truths that she has learned from dealing with chronic pain and a disability, from having moved over thirty times, having four boys with learning disabilities, and having overcome a past of abuse and shame to proclaim God's grace, forgiveness, and freedom. Dara teaches with humor, wisdom, and vulnerability as she reaches out to encourage and equip the next generation.