There is family. And then there are friends who feel like family. And while nothing can replace family, nothing can compare to such good friends. Such good friends, in fact, it takes a full four times to say goodbye.
Saying goodbye to the Life Learners just plain sucked. We’ve been with our local unschooling group for [...]
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Our Life Learners
A Goodbye Party
Another big round of goodbyes yesterday. My mom threw us a Bon Voyage party and it was wonderful to spend the day with family and friends (especially when the Life Learners hang out late, as we always do).
There were so many hiccups in the plans, it began to feel as if it simply weren’t going [...]
Vegged Out With The Janssens
Friday was a grand, grand day. That’s because it marked the 11th hour completion of Benny’s straight veggie oil conversion! Our greened-out RV now runs on waste vegetable oil, available for free from neighborhood restaurants and we couldn’t be more ecstatic.
Justin has been working with Matt Janssen on the conversion, learning tons and [...]
Bittersweet Thursday
We said our first round of goodbyes today.
One of my closest friends is also the mom of one of Zeb’s closest friends and when we went to pick Zeb up from their sleepover, we did our best to say goodbye to Elizabeth before she heads out of town tomorrow. She was one of the first [...]
An Inner Memorial
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 [...]
