Our 4th Unschooling Anniversary (And Growth)
I love unschooling. I know that probably goes without saying, but it’s good for me to be reminded sometimes. Yesterday was our fourth unschooling anniversary. Four years ago we made one choice that...
View ArticleWhy You SHOULD Focus On Being Perfect (And It’s Not What You Think)
Ah, perfect. That word is a hot one. Especially for us women. Most of us strive so hard to be perfect: the perfect mother, perfect partner, the perfect person with a perfect purpose. We try to create...
View ArticleEnd Of Summer Reflections
This weekend at the RV campground was packed full of Labor Day campers and kids enjoying their three day weekend. As Justin and I would walk the dog we would marvel at the noise and excitement where...
View ArticleBorn a Human Being, Not a Chair
I just want him to stay with me until I can be sure he won’t turn into Norman Nothing. I want to be sure he’ll know when he’s chickening out on himself. I want him to get to know exactly the special...
View ArticleMeet Peter Gray, PhD: Psychologist AND Organic Parenting Contributor! Eeeeee!
The nerd in me (okay, that IS me) pretty much fell in love with Peter Gray when I found his articles on Psychology Today a few years back. He’s an evolutionary developmental psychologist and research...
View ArticleSix (Wide Sky) Days Together
In case you didn’t see from my Instagram stream, we spent 6 entire days at the Wide Sky Days conference in San Diego. (WSD is an unschooling conference: a long weekend to gather with other “crazy...
View Article5 Cool New Places You Can Find Me {Like Problogger!}
I’ve been getting around a little lately, collaborating with some new peeps and having some fun with it. I felt like I was so swamped with the OP e-course I just didn’t have a chance to network and...
View ArticleArt Journaling Addiction: Finding Truth Beneath My Fingernails
I don’t know why it’s taking me so long to blog about this, except maybe that I’m still making sense of it myself. Making sense of how I could miss something I’ve never experienced. Making sense of...
View Article8 Years Unschooling to the First Day of Public High School
This is a really overdue blog post. The whole transition of unschooler-to-public-schooler actually started almost 2 years ago. So excuse me while I quite possibly make this the longest blog post I’ve...
View Article4 Weeks In: The Public School Update
When I was pregnant with Zeb I had several Wise Women approach me…you know the kind that just seem to have a spark of knowing something? Women from my mom’s church, my mom’s best friend on her death...
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