Lots of Coffee, lots of kids. It's a peaceful life.
Has it really been three whole weeks? Three whole weeks since we shipped these kids off to school... ...and three whole weeks since the rest of us began our TWELFTH year of homeschooling? Note that the terrorist toddler is eating his apple for the teacher. Three whole weeks since I've {gulp} written a blog post? (Yeah, well, … [Read more...]
I long to live from a place of rest, to teach and mother from peace rather than anxiety. I'm quite certain that He desires that for all of us-- His beloved daughters called to the educating and raising up of little hearts and minds. --Teaching from Rest by Sarah Mackenzie So I made the kids their back-to-school Schultüte (locally known as … [Read more...]
An abbreviated and mostly photographic journey --- 1 --- First, that reference to flying solo and not cheating? My husband and second son are at Philmont Scout Ranch right now. My big kids are were gone (They're home now! HUGE smile!) for a week at summer camp, and I'm on Day 14 of a 30-day sugar-free, dairy-free, … [Read more...]
And this week? I need—really NEED—your prayers. 'Cause this is me, passed out on the stairs. (You had NO idea I looked so young.) (I know, right?! It's my skin cream. Lots of Retinol A.) Now listen. I'm pretty sure that this blog post will be written in increments because my current window of time could be smashed AT ANY MOMENT and when and … [Read more...]
Except weight! I mean, wait! I can't weigh in because I had my husband hide the scale! I really did and he gladly did so... Because it's not just about the weight. * * * Have you ever been having a conversation with someone when—all of a sudden and out of the blue—something they say ignites a spark in you? This happened to me last fall, when I … [Read more...]
...a dozen different people at any given moment--wife, mother, daughter, sister, optimist, pessimist, foodie, friend. It can be hard to know which hat to clamp on! It can be hard to find the real "me". That said... I've found an approach for the "mom" in me (and goodness knows, I've got a lot of her) that seems to be kinda/sorta working out … [Read more...]
There's not a whole lot of news, actually. That crack in the concrete's my new BFF. We've been hanging out ALL summer. Which, frankly, is how I like it. This is me on my front stoop: {photo taken by my 5-year-old} I added the PicMonkey glasses to cover up those dark circles. I added the glasses hoping I'd look like Grace … [Read more...]
George's birthday was yesterday. Can you believe that the baby in this photo is already five?! I can't. We celebrated quietly, as a family, with fish sticks & cake (eaten separately) and later, a monkey pinata in the backyard. I didn't take a single photo (because I can't find my memory card) but because I am working on a New Improved … [Read more...]
That's a wonderful book title, isn't it? A wonderful title, yes, but such a sad, sad thought. Why would we want to choose something other God? And yet we do. We fill our days with things other than Him and, as you probably already know, if the devil can't make us bad he'll make us busy. Go on and ask me how I know this. And so even though … [Read more...]
Or, how that deck of cards was stacked against me Did you have a good Mother's Day? I did...and then I didn't. And then I did...and then I didn't. Mother's Day is such a tough one! It's all about us, allegedly, and so when it's not (all about all us, that is) we tend to pout and/or cry and/or be disappointed. I do, anyway. At least, … [Read more...]
