Working Through My Stuff to Create a Beautiful Life with My Family.
Last week I removed the Facebook App from my phone. I used to love Facebook. It kept me connected to friends and family back home when we lived out west. I used it to find the information to learn how to Unschool well. I found great recipes, crafts, and ideas of fun things to do…
I just spent almost an hour sitting here with Sydney talking about the She-Ra reboot (It. Is. AWESOME!). We are about to finish season 4. People might have a hard time understanding that we are Unschooling while we watch the show, even though all we are doing is watching with joy. No teaching. No “teachable…
When you learn to Unschool fully -and well- there is a place you live where there is nothing to prove. No explanations are needed. No descriptions. Both suddenly and slowly, you notice that a week has gone by and you haven’t thought about learning separate from life. You’ve spent those days asking your son to…
Making life fun takes intention. I’ve started saying “yes” to things. Not to my kids or for my kids. Not so that I don’t have to say “no”. Not to keep the peace, avoid a fight, please people, or because I am putting everyone else before myself and my family. I am saying “yes” to…
Here comes summer! That wonderful time of year when we have been conditioned to sit on the sidelines or rather, stay out of the water. After all, our bodies looking nothing like those online. Whether it’s a different size, has different markings, or is proportioned differently, we have been told over and over and over…
MY MAGICAL VAGINA knows how to order toothpaste and toilet paper and paper towels. My magical vagina knows the kids need to have a pediatrician and a dentist and clothes. My magical vagina can figure out what size clothing my kids wear and where to find winter boots. My magical vagina knows the kids are…
Diet Culture wins once more. Here I am again. Binge eating. Oh- cookies? I don’t need one or two, I need the whole box. They are here, available, and I’d better eat them all now so I can get back to not eating them again after. Pasta for dinner? Better cook an extra box. Because…
A gift for mom. We are bombarded with ads about what Mom wants for Mother’s Day, Christmas, her birthday, whatever, and there are a lot of good ideas. From days at the spa to that new clay machine she’s been wanting and from a new bike to that tea cup she’s been eyeing, there are…
Shame runs deep. It seems especially dark and strangling when we think we are the only one. But you are not the only one. You are not the only one who woke up today with a hangover wondering what it will take for you to quit drinking so you can have your life back. You…
I was sitting in the living room in front of the fire tonight on one of the last really cold nights of winter. My daughter was snuggled in the corner seat next to me. My husband was on the other side of me and my son was on the chaise next to him. We were…