Family Life & Kids


Our apartment living and dining room

Our apartment living and dining room

My homemaking goal is to create a welcoming home that helps us nurture relationship, within our family and with others, and provides a well-managed and organized space for us to work and learn together.

Some thoughts on city living and lifestyle choices

Some thoughts on city living and lifestyle choices

All the people I know, online and in person, want healthy, vibrant family lives. They want the best for their kids.

Using Evernote to manage ideas

Using Evernote to manage ideas

I am a thinker, writer, and reader. I homeschool three teenagers, I manage our home, and I'm actively finding my way into as-of-yet unknown vocation (you could say I'm finding myself). I like to learn, make stuff, and go places. Evernote is where I manage all those ideas.

Spring colors and sick kids

Spring colors and sick kids

I chose my spring colors not because these are the colors of mid-March in Montreal, they are the colors of hope in my heart.

A homeschool and family life schedule with three teenagers

A homeschool and family life schedule with three teenagers

Our life schedule in a season of homeschool co-op, skiing, and socially active teenagers.

In between the awful and amazing

In between the awful and amazing

I've learned that until my chemistry, psychology or geography changes it's not wise to have high expectations for myself during the deepest heart of winter.

Christmas Day

Christmas Day

Each Christmas, though my body is in one place, my heart is in many places, specifically in all the places I've celebrated Christmas through the years, and with family spread across the country; western Canada, New England, Quebec, and the Maritimes.