Today I made my yearly sojourn to the Newtown library sale. Other than buying about ten movie DVD’s and about five novels for myself, I mostly bought board books and picture books as gifts for young ones in my life.
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My New Poem: An Era Ends
An Era Ends
It is normal and good.
No big deal in one way.
Totally obvious and natural.
But still there is a twinge.
We were expecting her
when she first visited that room
still in the womb
and it was in that space God gave us a sign
and we knew we would buy this house.
Some Quotes about Children and Education
I’ve collected these quotes about children and education from Facebook friends…
Enjoy!
Thomas Aquinas’ Mother
Homeschooling parents learn all sorts of things. This is today’s interesting tidbit. I’ll comment on it below after sharing the basic story here:
New Poem by me: Rendered Dysfunctional
I’m going to give a little preface for this poem as it may not seem in keeping with this blog’s hallmark of hope. Some of you have me way up on a pedestal, but
Parenting as Stewardship
I’ve recently been speaking with some wonderful women about both parenting and homeschooling. This has underscored for me some differences in my approaches, which are serving me well. And while parenting three teenagers is not without its bumps and exasperating moments, I am not tearing my hair out, nor throwing up my hands, as some … Read more
Life Messages for Moms
One of my spiritual mentors, Virginia Harris (CSB), was interviewed in this little book Life Messages for Moms. I thought I’d share some of what she had to say in this book about motherhood, to support all you moms out there on Mother’s Day. Like me, she is a mother of three… • “I don’t … Read more
New Poem by me: Each Year a Virginia Reel
Life is a dance and I love all kinds. But a reel? Now that’s fun.
Labor Day Fog Dispersing
I awoke to dense Labor Day fog, and pondered it in depth on the dock. The last time we had fog this dense here was four years ago, also on Labor Day. Unlike today, the tide was in then and we had rented kayaks so I went off kayaking in the fog. It was an … Read more
Big Day: College Drop-off
Well, we finally pulled out of the driveway and drove to Annapolis. My daughter burned CD selections on the way for us to listen to, which included everything from tango music to Techno. My favorite choice was Julie Andrews singing “Confidence” from the Sound of Music where she has “confidence in confidence alone” as she … Read more
Eye of the Beholder
I have been contemplating rainbows recently, spurred by something I read in the Sentinel magazine (see here). As a physicist, I know that a rainbow does not exist “out there” but actually exists on the retina of the eye. You can never get to it or touch it, because that remarkable beauty you see is … Read more
Surrender Not Control
A friend of mine used this title phrase in casual conversation last night, and I can’t even remember what she was referring to in the flood of connections I made the second I heard it. It resonated with me as the answer to art questions I had been getting as well as parenting advice I … Read more
Today’s Poem by Me
My Twelve Year Old Brave Writer She’s hovering, constantly balancing dichotomies: Vigorous movement with deep stillness (literally jumping, with profound perception) Beautiful and serene with persistent agitation (like a magnificent landscape with mosquitoes buzzing) Warm and tenderly vulnerable but with defensively cynical walls up Fiercely glad she’s unique and different meanwhile feeling lonely and peerless … Read more
Today’s “Tuesday Teatime”
My twelve year old daughter is doing something called “Brave Writer” as part of her homeschooling curriculum which includes “Tuesday Teatime.”