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Category: motherhood
Sara’s birthday “bike-with-a-basket” with hydrangeas from my grandparents’ yard We always kick off the summer around here with a birthday. Our last “official” day of school is always on or about June 12th, my daughter’s birthday. Her last day is the 11th, however, since everyone in our school gets to take their birthday as a holiday. This year, her party-planning sister honored her wish for a tea party by surprising her with one. Her cake-baking-and-decorating sister made a cake. It was a simple affair…
Every now and then there will be a moment in my day when I see something that makes me stop and say, “That is homeschooling.” It’s nothing big or really profound, just a little thing. But after all, it’s the little things that really matter. Some of you already homeschool and you know exactly what I’m talking about. And if not, then you may be curious about the little things that make homeschooling such a big blessing. From time to time, I will share some of those little things with you. Here…
We’ve been busy the past couple of weeks, busy with a (mostly) childhood illness: chicken pox. No, it was not fun for them. But this cloud had its silver lining. It forced us to slow down and focus on simple things, the way sickness always does: comforting a miserable child just by holding them, letting them sleep on your bed, running baths in the middle of the day, and special mom-and-me movie times while everyone else is out for the evening. Another upside to this downtime was watching them practice compassion as one child put a…
