The Heavyweight and the Underdog of motherhood.

I had a moment the other day where an image came to mind as I pondered how I was feeling in this season of motherhood. Before we get into the image, let's pause for a second and celebrate the fact that this pondering and image came to my mind at all. Or the fact that …

Homeschool Tips I found so far that I’m going to roll with for now:

Take some time out to "deschool." Rule of thumb is to "deschool" for a month per year that your child has been in school. The purpose of deschooling is to re-connect with your child(ren) and shed some of the practices of the previous schooling system to start fresh, give time to adjust to the huge …

Dark season survival kit.

In case you missed it, last year's fall/winter season was in the running for one of the mentally darkest I've experienced in my life. I was in my second trimester of pregnancy, and on top of the raging pregnancy hormones (and honestly, probably experiencing some mild prenatal depression), our family just got hit with one …

3 temptations in this season of life.

Not setting aside alone time (just for myself, not for getting stuff done), or not keeping sabbath of some form on a regular basis. It already took a ton of work to try and figure out getting time to myself on a regular basis with just two kiddos, so now with 3 and with one …

Ordinary postpartum days.

According to the Christian liturgical calendar, we are currently in Ordinary Time. We're past the season of preparation, anticipation, and celebration of Eastertide, and are now in the cycle designated for ordinary time. And most definitions of ordinary time that I've seen do not define this as "routine" or "not special" or "standard." Rather, it …