“Travel and change of place impart new vigor to the mind.” – Seneca
our prayers, originally uploaded by fubuki.
Life…and death…have sent me a reminder.
I sat at my kitchen counter as I waited for my macaroni casserole to finish in the oven, determined to finish The Omnivore’s Dilemma which was due back today. Justin came in, wrapping his arms around me in silence. I finished my paragraph, and asked [...]
Every New Year’s I can look back and sum up the entire year in one word or phrase.
2007 was about Letting Go and Trusting. It was the year I sold my business, the year we embraced unschooling, the year my perspective as a parent changed for the better. It was also the year I lost [...]
My baby boy is now a 10 year old. And just like was promised to me the first time I held him in my arms, it went by too fast. The past several days have sent me into a tailspin of emotions and memories as I reminisce, wonder…and yes, cry. Often.
I compare the size of [...]
Even though you’re sitting right beside me and I can easily just say this to your face, I won’t. Because I know when I speak I can never do justice to my real emotions like I can when I write. So this is for you. I hope you can read as fast as I can [...]
We spent Earth Day with our unschooling friends at the park – making slushies, eating homegrown salads, feeding ducks the day old bread from the grocery store and making pinecone bird feeders and solar oven nachos. The kids ran wild through the grass and the playground while the mamas chatted or crocheted with plarn. The [...]
