Home School Life

It’s taken me a long time to figure out the importance of form in a child’s life. When I was a young, new mother my little one was the center of my universe and I felt that nothing was more important than his freedom to explore the world at will. Forget about the dirty laundry, [...]

2.22.2002 — An auspicious date if ever there was one. For our family it was especially so as this date marked the arrival of our little Leo.
Today my little star boy is eight years old. I love his birthday for the opportunity it gives me to remember what a gift he is. This little one [...]

Last night homework time rolled around and Alice could not, for the life of her, find her orange homework folder. We turned the house upside-down, called Dad to see if it was at his house and came up empty. Must be at school, we thought.
Tonight, homework time rolls around and I ask Alice if she [...]

It seemed to David that he heard voices singing in the wind among the olive trees, as though the trees themselves were singing, voices that sang not to the ear but to the soul. ‘He shall feed His flock like a shepherd: He shall gather the lambs with His arm, and carry them.’
I am reading [...]

I have had so many reminders lately of the importance of maintaining equanimity in my life.
All my life I have tended to live with an abundance of sympathy. I have a very easy time understanding the perspective of another person, and though this seems like it might be a wonderful skill, at times it has been difficult [...]

 It’s 6:30am and I’m sitting in my living room, the dog at my feet, the cool glow of the computer screen the only light in the room. Children are sleeping, the house is still warming up, I’m still in glasses and pajamas. I always forget how delicious early mornings are.
Feeling a little under the weather I [...]

At the moment, Alice is upstairs crying herself to sleep. And I’m downstairs on the computer, hard as it is, listening to her – not going to comfort her.
Alice wears glasses . . . most of the time. These glasses, and their whereabouts, have been an ever-present source of struggle. They’ve spent months lost under the bed, [...]

Well, my birthday was very happy indeed. It was one of those days when everything seemed to go right. Stoplights turned green as I approached; the birds sang when I woke up; even the rain let up for my 45 minute walk with Lula.
Today made me feel so grateful to be a part of a [...]

My little girl is eleven today. The picture above is one of my favorites, somewhere between 18 months and 2 years, in all of her big brother hand-me-down glory. Below is something a little more recent.
 

Looking at these two pictures I can’t tell but compare who my daughter was then and who she is now. [...]