Teenagers
What do you need to Trust God with? (a lament and a balm)
June 21, 2016
One of my biggest struggles is that I feel the pace of life is not the pace at which I "should" be living. There is a knowing deep in my core that the state of the world, on all levels, is misaligned with its intended design and purpose; a disconnect ...
Drama, homeschool community, and the Holy Spirit
June 8, 2016
Even though family is the primary influence, the circle of interaction, experience, and opportunities must expand as children grow.
Our apartment living and dining room
April 26, 2016
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.
Skiing Together
January 7, 2016
I cherish this thing we do together, in an age when together interests are hard to cultivate.
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.
