We participate in multiple group activities each month as part of our homeschool experience. One of our favorite groups is Biography Club, hosted by an incredible friend of ours. We look forward to this group each month because not only does our family get to spend time reading inspiring biographies in preparation for our presentation, but we also listen to […]
I don’t know about you, but I am much more likely to accomplish my goals if I have a visual reminder. I need to check in daily (sometimes multiple times a day) to keep my goals foremost in my mind. Otherwise life gets busy and I’ll realize it’s been 2 weeks since I thought about some of my goals. After […]
Breastfeeding vs. Formula This subject has been on my heart lately, and because I have a different perspective than most mamas I feel the need to share. It may be that I am ultra-senstive to this topic as I am up to my eyeballs in the newborn world again, but it seems to me that this debate is everywhere. {Ellie} […]
As I mentioned earlier (here, here and here) the past few months have been difficult for me. It’s been hard to see the beautiful things in my life as I have felt so worn-down with our current challenges. And really there are so, so many beautiful things. Besides being a bit discouraged, our time has been spent on so […]
This summer has been pretty rough on our family. I’ve been feeling discouraged and it’s taken me until just the past couple of weeks to feel like myself again. All summer long I’ve had an image in my mind, a thought of reassurance that might make sense only to me. But I feel like I should share it with you, […]
My amazing Mama wrote a poem after our heartbreak last week. We read it for the first time last night and Jason and I both cried. Not hard to believe, I know. This was not the sobbing-so-hard-we-can’t-breathe crying we did for the first couple of days after our failed adoption, though. It was more of the tears-running-down-our-cheeks-and-our-hearts-still-hurt-but-we’re-slowly-moving-on type crying. Progress. […]
I had hoped to share some luscious baby photos here as part of my photo-a-day challenge. When I decided to complete that challenge in July, our family had been selected by a birthmother and we were joyfully anticipating the arrival of a little girl, to be born this month. I washed tiny baby clothes/blankets/burp cloths, prepared the bassinet, and […]
{Grandma Helen–isn’t she gorgeous?– and my mom} Today is my Grandma Helen’s birthday. She passed away in 2003, but I still think of her often. I remember her as a stunning woman with a radiant smile and beautiful voice. She and my Grandpa were high school sweethearts. She was a nurse, a world traveler, and she spent her life in […]
“Mom, if you get scared you just have to take baby steps, right?” Ethan asks this as we hike through a steep section of trail. I agree and we slow down so he can take his time. He began the hike clinging tightly to my hand. He doesn’t like trails with a drop-off on one side (see the last time […]
I have been rather quiet here lately. Much of my writing time over the past weeks has been spent on preparing our adoption papers. Jason and I had to answer countless in-depth questions, separately and together. It has been a long process, but I’m happy to report that we are (mostly) finished! I think. It has been quite a time of introspection; […]