Category: parenting
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Second Grade Summary – Slice of Life
Every summer I try to create a little end-of-the-school-year blog post. As a virtual school/homeschool family, it can be hard to see the “positives” day in and day out. The end of the school year posts are my way of reminding myself and my son of how far he came in the previous school year.…
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Summer (June) Goals
Yeah! It is the start of summer for us today since Kory’s official school work is done! I love summer. Always have. As a kid, it meant no school, plenty of time to play outdoors, eating watermelon (and having watermelon seed spitting contests with my siblings and cousins) and lots of time swimming! As an…
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Mother’s Day without Children
Happy Mothers Day people cheer all around. You stand there without children. All the moms are getting flowers. Do you go up for one? You are a mother. A mother without a child. Your child is buried in a little cemetery. All the other moms have kids running up with them. Do you walk up…
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Choosing to be thankful….
The last couple of days have been quite stressful at my house for many reasons. I finally felt calm and at peace after I vented to a couple close friends, asked some friends to pray for me, and then took the afternoon off with my boys. Funny how an afternoon of driving around for errands…
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Two Lollipops, Please
I usually ask for two lollipops, please. Today, I wanted to be a kid again. Today, I wanted to be responsibility-free. Today, I didn’t want to worry about what to feed my family for dinner. Today, I didn’t want to worry about whether my youngest was wearing his real underwear or his imaginary ones. Today,…
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playing in the rain
My youngest son and I went to the gym first thing this morning. When we left the gym, it was raining. “Look at that puddle. Go jump in it.” Splash. Splash. Giggles. My youngest son and I ran to the store to pick up a few things. When we left, it was still raining. “Look…
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– Five Hours –
I like to feel productive. Rarely do I take time away from some to-do list I’ve created. I joke often that I have to continually go through my husband’s detox program of doing nothing. Absolutely nothing. It means ignoring the piles of laundry, dishes and toys to curl up with a book or my favorite…
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Keeping my focus in yoga and in life…
The other night I started back into yoga. During the school year, it is my weekly hour escape from my responsibilities. I’m not the most flexible. And I’m sure many of my poses look awkward, but the feeling when I leave is worth it all. My first night back, I ended up running a bit…
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The Little Glimpses….
Sometimes as a parent, I feel like all I do is remind, reinforce, and occasionally nag. Pick this up. Don’t forget this. Put your glass in the sink. Is that where your shoes go? Did you forget to hang up your towel again? Sometimes I wonder if it ever sticks. And then a day like…