I sat Infront of a fireplace after 10pm, fire burning. The shushing of a white noise machine from the baby’s bedroom echoed downstairs. Worship music lulled in the background to hide my wails. I sobbed rhythmically cross-legged on the floor leaning over my 15 year old torn up bible. I cried out to God inRead More
How to plan your homeschool year (Including FREE homeschool planning PDFs)
This will be my 5th year homeschooling! I can’t believe it myself because I do not in any way consider myself an expert home educator, but I do now however have some street cred in the homeschool world. (Hollaaaa!) 5 years is pretty much an entire elementary education! About 5 years ago I found myselfRead More
How to love a Motherless Mom of littles.
Being a Motherless Mom, is a perspective I know all too well. It’s a club I never wanted to join, it’s a badge I don’t wear proudly. And until I did trauma therapy, the ache for a mother in my heart throbbed like an open wound with every mom-daughter duo I’d witness out in public.Read More
To the daughter of an abusive father this Father’s Day…
Maybe you have always known you had an abusive father, like me, you’ve known since childhood, your dad wasn’t like what you see in movies. Or maybe as an adult you realized your dad was actually very abusive and your confused by your relationship now… Either way, during the Father’s Day season, each scenario leavesRead More
I did EMDR trauma therapy online, and this is what happened.
EMDR trauma therapy is something I never thought I’d do, nor was it something I was aware I needed. I also was naive to side effects of this therapy. The first time I heard the word “trauma” to describe my childhood was after about 6 months of going to talk therapy every 2 weeks. IRead More
The Ultimate Guide to Creating a Simple Homeschool Summer Schedule: Tips and Free Printables!
Even though summertime is when most children are out of school, it can be a great time for homeschoolers to choose to take a break or reset from the usual schooling schedule! I have many friends choose to school year-round, and that’s okay too! This post is still for you, whether you take the entireRead More
How To Start Homeschooling
Are you wondering what it takes to actually start homeschooling? Do you think you are qualified? Or do you think you’re mildly crazy for considering it at all? I hope you find some answers here! In this post I’ll share what helped me, and what I wish I had known when I also panic scrolledRead More
