Summer
Vacations on our way to an empty-ish nest
July 23, 2019
Our children are practically adults now and will be choosing for themselves what to do with their leisure time and how to fund that leisure. Whatever they choose, we don't feel a responsibility anymore to keep the gang together and create summer vacation memories.
What counts as vacation, anyway?
July 19, 2019
It's taken me many years of adult life to feel comfortable with my own family's version of family vacation, which has been an evolving hybrid of traveling to visit family, camping and backpacking, and working roadtrips.
And then it was summer
July 5, 2019
I have been getting what I longed for at the end of May - a break, a rest, a reprieve. And lots of fun.
High Summer ~ The Return of Moxie
July 30, 2018
My confidence has returned. I don't feel broken anymore. And at least a majority of the time I feel I have the tools to handle what comes my way. This is a vast improvement from four years ago and from the crippling self-doubt I've experienced with bouts of anxiety since.
High Summer ~ Family, Travel & Outdoors
July 25, 2018
Making new friends and sharing hospitality; music, dancing, and singing; celebrating and participating in creativity; the beauty of the countryside always reminds me that the world is a wonderful place to be.
High Summer ~ Memories & Kids
July 23, 2018
The cicadas started "singing" two weeks ago. I noticed it on Sunday night, July 8th, as the girls and I drove back into the city from a weekend in Ontario. And it hit me, this is high summer. Summer in full gear.
An early September update
September 15, 2017
Coming home from our big road trip has been like a re-set on our life. This is a newsy update about organizing, deep cleaning and de-cluttering, new routines and dietary changes, personal boundaries with internet engagement, the power of meditation, working and homeschool.
