Hey ,So I homeschool 5 of my 6 children. My oldest is now graduated, but my youngest just started last year. Homeschooling multiple children has been pretty much the only way I've homeschooled. My middle 4 children were all born within 18 months of e...
Hey ,My calendar year is full of those... anniversaries. Some are fun to remember, and some, not so much. March is one of those trigger dates for me. It was 14 years ago in March that I got married. It's been almost 10 years now that I've been divorc...
Hey ,Last week, we were celebrating my middle daughter's birthday. She's 12 now, and it seems like it was just last month she was my tiny toddler curled up in my arms. It's amazing how much life has changed for us in the last 10 years. And really.. i...
Hey ,So getting sick sucks. Ugh. In January, my family came down with the virus that's going around, and here we are, nearly 2 months later, and I'm still sick :( But it's only slowing me down, not stopping me. As a single mom, getting sick could m...
Hey ,Parenting is hard, right? It's a physically-challenging emotional roller-coaster. And we're always fighting both our own feelings of inadequacy and societal expectations of what it means to be a good parent. Is it any wonder that self-help paren...
Hey ,January was largely a lost month for me. On January 3rd, my middle daughter came down with symptoms of the dreaded ick, and well.. it was all downhill from there. The entire month just disappeared on me, in a haze of gunk and tissues. It's prett...
Hey ,I know you're a smart mom. You read my blog. So of course you're smart!! I talk a LOT about the power of routines. They are one of my biggest tools for getting things done without getting burned out. Routines are how I train my kids to do their...
Hey ,If you're a mom, you've probably thought something like: I'm not a good enough mom.I'm failing my kids. I should be doing [insert activity here] more. I'm too hard on them. I wish I could stop yelling!Mom guilt sucks. But we know that we can't j...
Hey ,Bet this title got your attention lol.How can you get more done, if you don't schedule doing more??It has to do with flexibility and margin.You can't schedule your life to then nth degree and expect not to burn out.If your calendar and daily pla...
Hey ,Ok so every time I ask about what moms struggle with the most when it comes to managing their time, they always say they wish they had more balance. But the truth is.. no one actually wants balance. Because we aren't using the word balance corre...