Working Through My Stuff to Create a Beautiful Life with My Family.
Life Learning and Homeschooling Might Not Be What you Think Sometimes people think homeschoolers casually and nonchalantly decide not to send their kids to school. Sometimes people think we don’t understand the education system, academics, or how it all works. Sometimes people think we are a simple-folk-a-livin’ in a bubble. That very well may be…
A couple of years ago I was in the darkest, scariest place I’ve ever been. I was diagnosed and treated for Generalized Anxiety Disorder before my kids were born. I got better. Then we went through a bunch of life and just as things started to point up and get happy and exciting, bam! I…
A few weeks ago I pondered losing weight to make running easier on my knees. (Click here to read). Since then, I have learned a term that encompasses all I have been learning about personally over the last couple of years; diet culture. I will do a separate post with resources because it is a…
I was blindsided by motherhood. I had no idea how much it would change my life. Before my oldest child was born, I was committed to keeping my life as it was whether children were a part of it or not. I held fast to my commitment to read, work, keep up with the house,…
It was 7:00 on Friday and both kids were asleep. I came downstairs, sat down and I cried. I cried like my high school boyfriend had just dumped me. I knew that it was going to happen. As soon as I felt my son drift off to sleep, emotion overtook me. My husband had been…
This piece was originally published on a different blog by the same author in 2012. How we Decided to Homeschool and a Marriage My husband and I have so much to work on in our relationship. Here though, is the commonality that keeps us moving forward. I did not expect that how we decided to…
This piece was published on a different blog by the same author in 2016. It happens every year. Fall rolls around and kids go back to school. Many of my fellow homeschool families are busy forming schedules and registering for classes. For us though, Fall is just like Summer, which is just like Spring, which…
Note: this piece was published on a different blog by the same author in 2013. Moving away from family is sad- no matter how exciting the prospects. It’s not that I don’t want to go. It’s just that I don’t want to leave. I have spent most of my life in a 60 mile radius….
When I was in my late twenties a specialist told me my knees were not capable of being a runner. So I ran a marathon. My knees had been problematic from my early teens. Running the marathon, fortunately, did not make them worse. I didn’t even start running until adulthood. I had not realized how…
A few Halloweens ago my two kids were ready to head out the door about 30 minutes before we were scheduled to leave for trick or treat, just like they are every year. As we were walking around that night I said to my husband “well, I guess it’s not true that they never want…