The Real Answer to the Question: “How do you DO it?!”
I’m in our favorite supermarket with the kids. We’re at the bakery waiting for a free cookie. Goodness knows how we love that free cookie. One of the girls behind the counter knows me from elementary school – knows I homeschool. She chuckles, shakes her head, and says the words…
Staying Present {a whisper about unplugging to plug in to what matters}
Have you lived the struggle of staying present in your home? I sure have. I know how so many Moms feel. I’ve lived those days when the exhaustion sets in, selfishness wins, and distractions take over. Especially the distractions. And don’t we live in a world full of…
Why we can’t let our Schedule Steal our Joy.
It’s mid-morning when my eldest child begs me to go outside and play in the leaves. Here’s what goes on in my head in the span of about 3 seconds: (Insert heaving sigh along with a deep groan.) Really? Honestly? He wants to play outside? We haven’t even STARTED…
Encouraging the Lonely Mom…
I watch her as she struggles with her stroller and a crying baby and a wandering toddler while she desperately tries to pick fresh corn at the market. She’s sweating in the sun. “I’ll take 10…” she shouts it at the vendor and she’s slightly frantic. I remember that feeling. The feeling that…
Doubt (A note of encouragement for the homeschool Mom who is doubting her journey…)
Us homeschool Moms know that creeping, sneaking and then looming fear that we aren’t doing enough. And sometimes, its not just the fear that we aren’t DOING enough… its the overwhelming feeling that WE aren’t enough in general. I mean, who do we really think we are? Educating our…
Living Hands Free {thoughts on striving to live unplugged and a review of Hands Free Life}
It’s been nearly a decade since we tossed our TV for good. Wow, that makes me feel old. I still remember the slow progression of that honking, massive TV from center stage in the living room to the basement to the basement closet to being given away. We’ve never…
Five Minute Friday ~ Ten.
He slips his hand in mine as we stroll down the familiar path on a sunny afternoon. I smile down at him and we chat about the corn fields and how the stalks are towering now in mid-July. So calm, so easy is our friendship. It wasn’t always so.…
Five Minute Friday ~ Free
The rain patters down outside the low country windows. Peace fills this place and I long desperately to hold on to what I have. Right now. Just like this. But then the afternoon brings the unexpected and the evening blows up and in a few mere moments the weight…
Dear homeschool Mom who is feeling weary – do not give up.
One of our scripture verses for our homeschool program was: “Let us not grow weary in doing good for in due season we will reap a harvest, if we do not give up.” Galatians 6:9 It also seems to be one of the verses that pops up quite often at our…
Little Lessons from a Morning Walk…
Its sunrise on a misty morning. I can hear the birds singing through the window loud and strong. Two escaped hens beckon me outside to shoo them back to their enclosure and the moment I step outside my whole being is filled with a fresh awakening. Two days of…