I have decided this year to have a monthly recap post the last week of every month. I think it's sort of a reflection and maybe it's a little pat on my own back. I sometimes don't think that I actually do anything and so maybe if I write down what I did, well, maybe... Continue Reading →
Pray for Us… The Doldrums
The skies are grey and the weather is not spring-like yet. I don’t mind the cold. But the grey skies are brutal. The mornings are dark. The evenings still come too early. Christmas is long over. In our house January has two birthdays, so they are long in the past. The candy has been eaten,... Continue Reading →
Back to The Real World
It's Labor Day in America. In my mind it's the last day before school begins, but here where we live, kids started almost three weeks ago already. In the last three weeks, we've started school, take our oldest to college, unpacked his boxes into his dorm room, prayed for him and left him to fend... Continue Reading →
Counting the Days
I am also grieving, grieving that my hovering is done and now I have to let them fly.
Thankfulness in the Midst of Chaos
These last six weeks have been utter chaos. Not anything bad, but a lot of things are taking up precious brain space. I'm a middle season mom and my life feels so out of control right now. My oldest is graduating in two days. Woohoo!!! During all of his cancer treatments, this child refused to... Continue Reading →
The Late-Winter Blahs
Every year the curse comes. It’s the mid-winter curse for homeschool moms. I may be the only one who feels this, but I do have one friend who commiserates with me. Late January and February are super hard for homeschool moms. The days are grey. The cold is here, even in the South. The kids... Continue Reading →