School starts for me (the online teacher) in 28 days … the kids start a week later … To be truly honest, I’m a little sick about the whole thing … I have a million questions … a ton of concerns … and no answers … I feel like planning anything is incredibly challenging (if… Continue reading A Million Questions
Category: Parenting
I Love Doing Life With You
I love doing life with you … The words popped into my head a couple of days ago … a “regular” Saturday (whatever that means) … a day to catch up on a few extra household chores and some yard work … a day with no work or school commitments … a slower start for… Continue reading I Love Doing Life With You
This Isn’t Normal
When “mandatory homeschooling” started for everyone back in March of this year, I felt excited at the prospect of people experiencing homeschooling for the first time. And I secretly hoped that my dream of building a tribe of alternate educators / families would come to fruition! Homeschooling can be a lonely experience sometimes, so I… Continue reading This Isn’t Normal
Enough
I have a confession to make … I haven’t been doing all of those things that I wrote about in my last post (“Even Though”) back on April 12th … I haven’t been creating, I haven’t been reading, I haven’t been spending a whole lot of time with my kids (even though they’re in my… Continue reading Enough
Even Though
At the beginning of all “this” (i.e. a worldwide pandemic), I took a moment to start writing down what I would want for my family during this time … as I started drafting my list (28 days ago), I realized that I had already written this list … years ago, actually. Here’s what I wrote… Continue reading Even Though
My Girlies
Last weekend, I took some time to write about each of my daughters ... things I might want to remember about each of them ... things to savour ... things to celebrate ... I feel nudged to do this every once in awhile ❤️ I’m sharing them here for family and friends afar who might like… Continue reading My Girlies
You Do You
A few weeks ago, I was in the car with my middle daughter (grade one) and my toddler (off to daycare for the morning). We had just survived the frantic rush of the morning … getting everyone dressed, hair done, lunches packed, organizer signed, books read, and the like … I looked in my rearview… Continue reading You Do You
Embrace, Embrace, Embrace
I am sending this note out to my Sun West DLC Families this morning … Just taking a moment this morning to send out a little “good-bye for now” note, as we move into a period of school closure for the next 10 days or so. These are interesting times, and the life we’ve known… Continue reading Embrace, Embrace, Embrace
All the Things
*I share this today ... not for pity ... but for my fellow moms, who could easily draft their own lists of ALL THE THINGS ... TO DO LIST Keep the house “guest-ready” Make sure you’re “presentable” Straighten your hair Put on some make up Serve nutritious meals to your family - morning, noon, and… Continue reading All the Things
487 Days
487 days ago, I was “called out” on a post I had written and published about my oldest daughter a few months before … She asked me to consider my daughter and how she might feel about the words I had written and published online … my daughter was only seven at the time, so… Continue reading 487 Days
