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Rest: When Days “Off” Look Just like Your Days “On”…
Spring break was finally here. We had looked forward to it for weeks–thinking how restful it was going to be to have a week at home with no agenda. We had planned for lots of napping, catching up on “housey” projects, and just enjoying the nothingness. But on the first morning of spring break, I sat there in tears because it didn’t feel restful or refreshing at all. And I caved. I caved to a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad attitude. It’s hard when nothing changes about my “off” days—meals still need to be cooked, little people cared for, dishes done, toys tidied, laundry folded, etc. My home and my…
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Our 2019-2020 Kindergarten
We finished up our first “official” year homeschooling in May. It was a very sweet intro to homeschool life and we all enjoyed it thoroughly. We just started up again after a fun (and crazy…#coronavirus) summer, but before we get too far into the year, I wanted to take time to share what we did last year for kindergarten during our inaugural year homeschooling. Now, hear me say this: I am not a seasoned homeschool mom (clearly). I am just figuring this whole thing out and making changes as we go along. Most of my decisions are based on what makes sense for our family (my capacity with having four…
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Just a Mom
I originally wrote this blog post in 2011 when I was living overseas and blogging as a way to process everything I was experiencing. I’m sharing it here because it sets the stage perfectly for where God has me in life right now. Being a mom has always been my dream. And God is kind to remind me of that on the hard days 🙂 ——————————————————————————————————————– Ever since I was a little girl, I’ve been fascinated by children. I was that annoying little 7-year old who would follow around the mom with a baby relentlessly asking, “Can I hold him now please?” I was mothering other kids before I was even out of…
