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Going Grey
“Your sister asked for Taylor Swift and I’m not changing songs again until this song is over!” I locked eyes with the 6 year old in the rearview mirror to make sure he got my point. That’s when I...
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Family Update #5
Today we were in the pediatrician's office and a beautiful mom with a tiny baby was checking out right behind us. We were trading compliments on our babies' hair color (hers = jet black, mine = snow...
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Hard is Okay Sometimes
"...for we know suffering produces perseverance, perseverance, character, and character, hope..." Being a Mom is hard.I'm seven years into this gig, currently homeschooling four little kids age seven...
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A Sacrifice for Strangers
Never in the history of the world has any soldier sacrificed more for the freedom and liberty of total strangers than the American soldier. ~Zell Miller I didn't grow up in a military family and...
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Slowing Down This Season
I fumbled to the bathroom at 4:59am and couldn't get back to sleep. There's a long to-do list today. Family is on their way into town, there's a 12 pound turkey in the fridge that needs to be brined...
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If It Feels Like You're the One Making All the Magic this Christmas
You know that scene from the Wizard of Oz where Dorothy and her friends finally get an audience with the wizard? This grand disembodied voice is shouting madly, billows of smoke and flashing lights...
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9 Toys You (Probably) Won't Regret Giving Your Kids
It's the first week of December and I'm sure that you, like me, are in the thick of shopping for friends, family and your own children this week. When considering what to gift my children for Christmas...
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Warm Beer and New Year's Resolutions
I haven't posted ANYTHING on the blog in six weeks! Dang - I think that's the longest gap in the past 7 years of doing this. But I'm sure you were busy with the holidays so I'll forgive you if you...
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The Most Strategic Thing I Can Do in this Season
When I first began staying at home and started writing, my day was full of blank space. No one spoke to me much during the day and my only son napped consistently for long stretches of time each day. I...
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What I'm Loving Right Now (Vol. No. 7)
Listening to:Blue Babies PinkI discovered this podcast and @bretttrapp via a friend's Instagram account. She posted a picture, he left a thoughtful comment, and I had to know - who was this male...
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Small Beginnings at the Pull-Up Bar
Yesterday I was mindlessly scrollaxing on Instagram when I came across this image. I immediately rolled my eyes and flicked past it.Being a beginner sucks.I'm not sure anything unsettles me more than...
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The Only Salsa You Need in Your Life
Good salsa is life. And store-bought salsa is a sad and expensive substitute for the kind of life you deserve to be living.If you have one or two homemade salsa recipes up your sleeve, you can throw...
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Out Of the Blue
I tucked you in last night, kissed your forehead and asked you not to fall asleep so that you would stay four years old forever.You giggled, pulled your thumb out of your mouth long enough to kiss me...
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On Being An Influencer
I read a blog post yesterday recapping an "Influencer's dinner" attended by a blogger I follow. A brand the blogger writes sponsored posts for had invited she and six other "influencers" for a weekend...
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Reflections on The 3rd Year Of Homeschooling
Truthfully, this year was the hardest. I had a second grader, a Kindergartener, a 4 year old and a 2 year old in the background wreaking havoc.Jude dropped his morning nap about 8 weeks into the school...
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Friday Favorites
It's FriYaY and it also happens to be the first week of summer for many of you, so hopefully you have your summer playlist on repeat, some restaurant salsa mixed up and a batch of margaritas chilling...
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A Perfect Salad for the Fourth
When it's 90 degrees out in the shade and turning on the oven seems like cruel and unusual punishment, this is the dinner you need to be making. I made it last week and it'll probably be on rotation...
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Is Blogging (and therefore this blog) Dead?
I took an extended break from the blog toward the end of summer. It wasn't intentional, it just seemed in keeping with my need to stop doing all the things this summer. After a beach trip heralding the...
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Waiting on Sabbath
My third grader still struggles to know what day of the week it is. If he asks and I respond with, "well yesterday was Tuesday, so today is..." He'll scrunch his face, give me a questioning glance and...
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That Time I Got a Job
Six months ago I said yes to a project.A friend and I saw an opportunity to help a ministry we love do something we love doing. So we formed a company and launched a websiteand pitched ourselves as the...
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One Big Mistake
You guys are my people. Some of you are family, most of you are friends or acquaintances, but if you read these words in this space, you're my people. So I need to tell you about something that...
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I'm Baaaaaaaaack (for today anyway)
Hi, friends! Remember me? (There's a good chance you don't...and if so, please just find the unsubscribe button somewhere around here and click it.) I will be totally and completely un-offended. I...
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So, You Might Be Homeschooling This Fall
Hey friends! Long time no see. I'm dusting off the blogbecause so many families are facing a school change for the fall and I thought I'd do what I can to encourage them.If you're new here, Hello!I'm...
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Is There Really Such A Thing As "Behind"?
Because I’ve been home educating my kids going on seven years now, I’ve been getting lots of questions lately from parents who have chosen homeschooling as their best option in the face of...
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How Long Does Homeschool Take?
I love to remind moms that school at home does not take as long as school at school. If you can set aside 3 hour block of time in your day, you can do this. Young children have short attention spans...
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