A time to rest, a time to still the noise, a time to listen… There is a time for everything under the sun, and God has made it abundantly clear that this is a season to embrace going deep – with the Lord, with my husband, and with my children. It is a season to […]
Integrated Living
Why We Stopped Homeschooling >> BIG CHANGES
Change is inevitable. Sometimes it is incremental and sometimes it is dramatic. For our family change is coming in epic proportions. (But then, if you follow me on Instagram, you already know that.) It is a wild ride right now and I’m praying for grace and to come through it with my sanity in tact. […]
Cultivating Thanksgiving and Anticipating Christmas
November through December is one of my favorite times of year. Not only is our weather simply beautiful, but it’s a time of year when I pause to think. I’m sure I can’t be the only one that gets super busy with the changing of seasons… When we start a new “school” year, life is hectic as […]
The Fall That Helped Me Take the Plunge…
We have what’s been affectionately dubbed as “Crazy Birthday Week” in our home – 3 birthdays all in one week! So it’s been a busy week of celebrating 10, 8 and mid-30’s {ahem}. The two kids who didn’t have birthdays this month learned lessons in contentment and “not-mine”. I caught Greta inspecting Keegan’s cake, whispering […]
Room to Learn… A peek into our learning spaces
As we dive into a new year, I love to sit back and take stock. I’m reminded that one of the benefits of homeschooling is that it doesn’t have to take place in a schoolroom or between the hours of 8 and 2, Monday thru Friday. No, education is an atmosphere. It’s a way of […]
Idle Time Births Creativity
Last week laid me out. I had a heavy cold that put me out of commission for a week. I couldn’t breathe, didn’t sleep well, lost my voice. You know, that kind of sick… It meant that after a few feeble attempts at a spelling lesson, I called it quits in an attempt to preserve […]