Oh, my life. If you are going through this too, I SO want to hear from you in the comments. Maybe we should start a Facebook group for us. This is HARD. I have always been an emotional person, prone to perhaps overreacting a bit. But I also have always been a very positive person. My husband was always […]
This post was inspired by my (at the writing of this) 10yr old son. I wrote this post several months ago and for some reason never hit publish. Since then I got offtrack with all that I wrote here. Today I rediscovered this post …at a time when I really needed to remember what I had written here, and rededicate […]
I feel like I am living this….Everything around me is running a zillion miles an hour and I HATE that lifestyle with a PASSION…and find myself, sometimes unconsciously, sometimes consciously, rejecting this lifestyle. Things speed up around me and I often find a way to slow things down without even trying…many times unconsciously. That go-go-go lifestyle that is so […]
Years ago, I worked as an intern at SCICON Outdoor School (aka “The Clemmie Gill School of Science and Conservation”) in the foothills of eastern Tulare County, CA. In fact, it was where I met my husband, Adam. It was a FANTASTIC experience. Seriously life changing. For one school year I worked 10-12 hour (or more) days, hiking around in the […]
I shared the state of our school room/art area/”Big room” last post…That actually hasn’t changed yet. So today I want to talk about overwhelm. You know the feeling. I know you do. You can’t be a mom in America and not be intimate with the feeling. But I feel like homeschoolers in particular are familiar with this feeling because the […]
Hi! You don’t know me from Adam (LOL!) But I just wanted to take a second to put a bug in the ear of all the bloggers, podcasters, Scopers (that’s the people making broadcasts on the new Periscope app), curriculum developers, authors, etc out there that are producing resources in this booming industry for homeschoolers. I have a request. […]
i am so glad i found this!! what a great series! Part I, Whose Job is It? Part II, Getting Rid of the Clutter Part III, Let Them Help Part IV, It Takes Time Part V, Work Together Part VI, Learn to Practice Part VII, Make it Easy Part VIII, by the Gallagher Boy
