“I think the way adults learn is the best way to learn — ask questions, look things up, try things out and get help when it’s needed,” she said. “Kids want to learn. When people unschool their kids, the relationship with the kids becomes the driving force, and it becomes the environment for more learning and more happiness, which primes the pump and you can’t stop it. Try not to learn. You can’t do it.”
Sandra Dodd
I love this quote from the article featured in St. Louis Kids Magazine.
I have been keeping a secret 
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Before writing a blog you have to ask yourself the question of just how much you want to share with people. I mean do you really want complete strangers knowing everything. When starting this blog I will admit I never thought I would share half of what I have, after all I am a very shy person.
Then I start to think about how when hiding behind a screen I have the ability to portray our family however I want. Know what though, that’s not me either. We have struggles, we have tears, I never want to portray our family as having it all together.
These past few months have been really hard for several reasons, school has been a big one but I have been a bit on the stressed side for another reason as well. See I found a lump in my breast. I have actually been having pain for several years but to feel a lump that is a very scary thing.
Yesterday I went in for a mammogram but first I want to explain just how much finding this lump has changed who I was.
For people who have never met me , you could say I am a bit on the serious side. I had plenty of opportunities to get into trouble growing up( we are talking about trouble not making mistakes here by the way) but I didn’t. I have always been a people pleaser, I would feel guilty calling in sick to work even if I really was. This of course isn’t a bad thing, I just never have been a me pleaser.
Then I became a parent and well moms tend to somehow always put themselves last. That is why I decided to write this post. I found out these last couple of months just who I really am and how much my family needs me.
Sometimes people can make you feel unsuccessful because you decide to stay home with your children. Sometimes people don’t see just how much our role plays in our families foundation. I am very lucky Papa has always been on my side 100% but I still have had my share of people try to make me feel this way.
Well anyway to make a long story short the lump turned out to be a cyst and having a mammogram was not scary or painful in any way(don’t be scared to have it done). However the lesson I learned from this whole ordeal I plan to carry with me forever. Life is too short to worry period. I am ready to start celebrating me !
Wishing everyone a great weekend!!!!
So I am catching up on one of my favorite blogs, Nature Moms, when she mentions these shoes. All I can say is it’s about darn time a made in the USA company put out a eco- product that a family like ours could afford.
Bring on the children’s shoes.
The tough jams 
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Oh Miss Sky has been hit with Beatlemania.
One Guess as to who is Little Sis’s favorite ?
How could you stay in a bad mood after listening to this?
And last but not least
letting it go.
Peace
It was great to have you home Sissy!
If you have not heard of Salman Khan’s web page you have just got to check it out. I have the link on the side under homeschool. What a wonderful example of how one person can truly make a difference.
We have been bit by the cleaning bug and will be away for a few days.
Wishing everyone a great week !
“Impossible things are happening everyday” okay this song is not from the movie Mary Poppins, however it is one that has been in my mind since watching Cinderella a few weeks ago. Have you ever had a feeling come over you that you were meant to be at a certain place at a certain time for a certain reason? Well I did last night.
Last night we packed the family up and headed to The Artcraft Theater. This is a movie theater that was built-in 1920 and the town of Franklin Indiana has managed to keep it in its original stature. You buy your ticket out front ,where characters from the movie welcome you, and as you walk in you begin your journey back in time. Ahead of you as you make your way to find a seat you pass the coat check room and they still have the piano down by the screen.
Before the movie starts you are treated to a small skit and other activities which include the drawing of prizes. Then before the lights begin to dim the curtain slowly opens as you stand for the National Anthem. You are treated to a short cartoon and your movie begins. Last nights showing was Mary Poppins.
Yes the original, there was no 3-D in this movie. We are all very familiar with Mary Poppins,one does not have a child in drama that does not know Julie Andrews, but it never fails with each screening I always learn something new from watching this movie.
This past year has been very, well lets just say exciting. A loss of a job, getting a job back, a trip to the emergency room, papa having surgery, finding out papa has a gluten allergy, and lets not forget a child spreading her wings and moving all the way to the west coast. Add this with an encounter of being made to feel inadequate and you have my “excitement” in a nutshell.*(Updated)* I forgot to add exploding appliances to the list but that is a whole story of its own.
So imagine my surprise when what I thought was going to be just a fun night out with the family became a learning experience for a certain mama.
The message in this movie definitely is more than “a spoon full of sugar helps the medicine go down”. I left the theater last night adding two more mottoes to this years list, laughter is a MUST for survival and well I think Mary Poppins says it best.
“First of all, I would like to make one thing quite clear, I never explain anything”.
Wishing many blessing for the week. !
To Whom It May Concern:
Somewhere along my journey I have come to learn that life is a roller coaster of a ride. It is filled with many ups and downs and it never seems to fail that when you are enjoying the ride of your life someone or something comes along and puts a kink in your track.
It is my belief that each one of us is born into this world to serve a purpose. A few know what that purpose is the minute they are born. Some of us end up taking a detour to stop and smell the beautiful roses for awhile. Then there are those that think “they” know what their purpose is and chose to take matters into their own hands. Only to find out later they were mistaken.
Of course there also are those that think since they have their purpose all figured out they might as well help you figure yours out as well.
Well after taking many detours ,there sure are a lot of flowers to sniff , I have discovered my purpose . I realized my decision would not be an easy one but as long as I continue to pray and follow God’s lead I can not go wrong. To some this purpose does not seem like much.
Financially my journey has not been easy. We are a one car family and our home is under 1,000 square feet. I have never been around the world or on a fancy cruise. In fact we are just an average family living paycheck to paycheck. My husband puts in very long hours at work to help pay off debt we accumulated while trying to get on our feet when first married. That is okay though because I knew my purpose was never meant to be financial.
I have never claimed to know everything and to be honest I don’t want to. I am bound to make mistakes ,and have many times. I am striving to do the very best I can. To some this just isn’t good enough. That’s okay too though because I knew my purpose would never please everyone.
It does however please me and my family and as long as I continue to pray and follow God’s lead I know it will please him too.
Sincerely,
Someone content with their purpose.
Peace
