Choosing one thing over another always requires sacrifices of some kind. When I chose to keep my 5-year-old daughter home instead of putting her on the school bus, I knew there would be some trade-offs. Many of them didn’t become evident until I had a few years under my belt. …
While I feel very strongly about homeschooling my children, it is an educational choice for us, not a religion. I would never presume to say that everyone should homeschool their children. While many of my homeschooling friends disagree, I would never even state definitively that no one should send their …
While the first week of October I focused generally on blending the areas of our lives, this week I will focus on homeschooling. If you do homeschool, feel free to chime in on the comments. If you don’t, my hope is that this will give you a better understanding …
I have a high power blender. It is my favorite kitchen tool. I inherited one from my grandmother and used it so much the motor died. It was a very sad day. Thankfully, I was able to trade it in and purchase another one. Unfortunately, we only have one body. …
She is a sneaky visitor. No one knows how or when she gets in, but she frequents our home more often than I want to admit. The sneaky thing about her is she looks harmless. She is busy. She is productive. She works hard and long. She gets a lot …
The elusive all crops up in conversation with almost any mom: “How do you get it all done?” “I don’t know how you do it all!” “I could never do all that you do.” I don’t care whether you’re a stay at home wife or mom. Whether you work at …
Home. Many people love to come in from a long day, kick off their shoes and come home. For most people, coming home means work is done, and it is time to relax and rejuvenate for the next day. While we certainly love to relax in our home, it is …
If you stay at home with your kids, you may have heard it. If you work at home, you may have heard it. Certainly if you school at home, you have heard it. Maybe not in so many words. However, there has probably been a conversation sometime, somewhere in which …
Juggling. Balancing. Wearing many hats. If you are a woman, you know that none of these words exactly describe the myriad of things we do to fill all our roles. Multi-tasking, whether it is in at the moment or out of vogue, is essential. I am a wife and mom …
Work. The word casually meandered into our conversation, but it gave her pause. “Oh, you work?” Her question had a hint of surprise in it. She is a mother, now with the great-grandchildren coming, so a snappy comment along the lines of, “Of course I work! What mother doesn’t?” was …
