Family Life & Kids
In between the awful and amazing
February 9, 2016
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
December 26, 2015
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.
Leaning in to the whoosh years (also called homeschooling a household of teenagers)
November 30, 2015
The reality of sharing life together with five unique people, three of them in the throes of hormones and questing towards independence, is not always smooth or without tension. And not because any of us are against each other but because our needs are different. We love each other and ...
Thirteen, for the third time
November 25, 2015
It's official. We're finally here. A household of three teenagers.
Sitting with life
October 21, 2015
And so I have to sit with it, acknowledge it. Seek peace not in removing myself, emotionally or relationally, from the sources of pain, but seek peace in acceptance and surrender.
Summer Stories ~ Kids at home
September 15, 2015
Teenagers in their "natural" state. Home is where I'm with these people.
