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Week-end: links & life {vol. 25}
“I believe in kindness. Also in mischief. Also in singing, especially when singing is not necessarily prescribed.” – Mary Oliver Ken keeps life interesting. Whether he’s singing some Australian folk song about a kangaroo (he’s a Georgia boy; where does he get this stuff?) or laughing with me about crazy things kids do, my life…
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Beach Activities for Kids
We have BEACH on the brain right now as we count down the days until our next trip. One thing I love about our vacations is the laid-back vibe, and I never like to have too much planned. I think the kids could build sand castles and chase waves ALL.DAY.LONG and be perfectly happy, but…
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Week-end: links & life {vol. 24}
“Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn’t really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while. That’s because they were able to connect experiences they’ve had and synthesize new things.” -Steve Jobs Last weekend…
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Purpose, love, growth: is your life full?
At first I was just going to link to the post below as one of my week-end links, but I had more to say than a one-sentence blurb of why you should read it, so this became a post of it’s own. This isn’t really about ALS; it’s about choosing to live fully, no matter…
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Homeschooling is awesome. Except when it’s not.
Nine years. That’s how long I’ve been homeschooling. My family has changed significantly during that time. When I started, I expected only to homeschool one child: Kathryn. My then-new stepson Brandon was deeply involved in the high school band (even though he was only in 8th grade) and already knew he wanted to pursue a…
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Week-end: links & life {vol. 23}
“Creativity now is as important in education as literacy, and we should treat it with the same status.” – Ken Robinson Kathryn and I finally carved out time this week to get artsy. It’s so much more fun to do it together, and one of our favorite mother-daughter times. We went to see the Cinderella…