Some days lately I’ve been waking up a little depressed. Part of it is my own fault: I don’t keep a consistent schedule, I stay up too late then wake up “behind” from the start, and I people-please my way into over-booking. (And let’s be …
Months ago my husband and I heard about a two night marriage retreat called “Weekend to Remember” in Newport, RI. We hadn’t been away from the kids even one night in forever, so this weekend became like our holy grail- we had to book it- …
Lately my issue with “control” has been beating me over the head. Most often my strongest reactions in life stem from an inability to control my circumstances or the people around me. My friends helped me realize all this over a coffee therapy date. Circumstances …
Are you frazzled? I’m always a bit frazzled, which I like to re-frame as a positive attribute by calling it “spontaneity”. Truth is, I’ve always got a little of lots of things floating through my head and I just don’t always have a way to …
I don’t remember when it started. But after a brief season of trying to get up BEFORE my kids to have some quiet time, I decided to get up with them and try to steal quiet time anyway. It doesn’t really work. But I keep …
I may not know every person who will read this, but I can bet that we all have something in common: We like for people to agree with us. We like positive comments and words of affirmation, facebook “likes”, a thumbs up, or anyone who …
One of the reasons I wanted to homeschool my kids this year is to be able to more fully explain the social issues of our time. We’re taking the month of February to work through the culture and geography of Africa, working right through to …
How are we already a month into the new year? Sometimes I think that if I didn’t take pictures of our lives, all the days would blur into a strangely faint memory of diapers, schooling, and hot dogs with mac & cheese. But thankfully, we …
I sit here today after a whirlwind homeschool playdate. It was blissfully perfect joyfully chaotic and the kids learned twenty facts about Greece at least one true fact about the Olympics, while exploring why taking turns is always fun probably the fastest way to kill a good …
I sent my oldest children outside, indefinitely. Thankfully for them it is a beautiful day. They can come inside when they stop saying idiotic things like “my feet are cold.” Dear child, the reason your feet are cold is because you took off your socks …