It was the day before our big twice-monthly shopping trip, and I was supposed to make pancakes for dinner. Our usual gluten-free pancake recipe calls for 3 cups of oats. I started measuring, and got to about 1 and 2/3 cups before I ran out. In the past, I would have run to the … [Read more...]
Homeschooling Is A Little Like Having Another Baby
For me, homeschooling is a little bit like having a new baby in the house. There are all sorts of adjustments. Routines that used to work have to be shifted to accommodate this new thing. Everyone gets a little bit less one-on-one time because something else has taken that … [Read more...]
My Ideal Day
If you were to have the perfect day, what would it look like? Mine would go a little something like this: Sleep until I wake up. If I slept well, this will be shortly after 6:00. I'm okay with that. Move. Family walk, yoga, something to get me moving and make me feel … [Read more...]
Selfish vs. Self Care
I sit, wanting to write but a bit paralyzed as to where I should start. It was an ordinary day. Maybe that's why it was so frustrating, because it was just another ordinary day. The kids were loud and rambunctious, but not exceptionally. I got less sleep than I wanted, but … [Read more...]
On Moving, And Connecting, And Realizing We’re All A Little Bit The Same
I saw this picture while scrolling through the latest Postsecret post yesterday. And it really hit home for me, because a few years ago, I could have written it. It says: "I wish I had more of a normal childhood. But I moved so much that I really don't think that I … [Read more...]
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