Working Through My Stuff to Create a Beautiful Life with My Family.
As we start off the weirdest school year in our collective history, I want to share an important differentiation. At first, you may wonder why it’s even worth noting. I will explain why it matters to me. Remote learning, in person school with masks and physical distancing, a hybrid model, and parents joining the ranks…
I’ve been spending a chunk of time on Linkedin for work. I know I am late to the party, but there are so many women writing and speaking about how women can “have it all”. I know we are in a weird spot in time where we need to move things forward, but this idea…
We don’t do school. Ever. Not during a pandemic. Not before the pandemic. We won’t when this is all over. We live life together. We play, explore, and indulge all the curiosities we want. We have fun. We prioritize happiness. We sleep when we are tired, eat when we are hungry, and veg out when…
“2020 is just cancelled” I overheard a woman say yesterday. These words felt spot on and I felt an immediate sense of relief upon hearing them. This year has been horrid. We have been cracked right open and have no idea who will put us back together or how to do it ourselves. I did one of…
Over the past five months I have found myself crawling under a rock. I was laughing with a friend last week saying I think I have talked less about homeschooling in the last five months than ever in our homeschool lives. When schools first shut down I tried to be as helpful as I could…
When we first decided to homeschool I didn’t even know what it was. I pictured families in matching denim jumpsuits with super conservative and narrow minded values. I had no idea that there are all kind of people who homeschool for all kinds of reasons. The reasons we started out homeschooling were so simple compared…
Today, after nearly four months of being together around the clock, my husband got on an airplane and left. For the whole week. Our nearly four months of togetherness ended. Just like that. It feels so abrupt. Work is part of a good life. I knew work travel would come back. It did not get…
I was almost 40 before I knew Living By Design was an option. Now that I know, my family is moving toward it. Author’s Note: This piece was originally published by the same author on a different blog in approximately 2017 Our family is at a crossroads. We have been living in Denver for a…
Not everyone wants to opt out of remote learning but it is an option for those who feel it’s not good for their child. Our society and economy are built on schools functioning as expected. I have no desire to change or challenge that. This means we need free public schools to function as a…
Many parents are now living full time with their kids. Here’s a parenting tip that helped me when I first started living with my kids around the clock. When I was first adjusting to being with my kids around the clock, something I found helpful was this: I leaned into my kids. When I found…